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132.88 (1y: -13%)
Market Cap 60.47 B P/E(ttm)
Enterprise Value P/B
GLD- (USA)
SPDR Gold Trust (ETF)
  • Currently 1/5
Business Predictability Rank: 1-Star (On Watch)
Back Testing Results:
Average gain of all 1-Star stocks: 1.1% per year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 45%.
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GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company’s financial situation is. It is based on these factors

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest coverage (current year).
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better
3. Altman Z-score.

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

Financial Strength

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GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company’s business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin
2. Trend of the Operating Margin (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
••3. Consistency of the profitability
4. Piotroski F-Score
5. Predictability Rank•

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength Rank. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability & Growth

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» GLD's 10-Y Financials

Financials


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Guru Trades
Q2 2012

GLD Guru Trades in Q2 2012

Louis Moore Bacon 120,000 sh (New)
George Soros 884,400 sh (+176.76%)
Arnold Schneider 2,300 sh (+53.33%)
John Paulson 21,837,552 sh (+26.15%)
Steve Mandel 3,750,348 sh (unchged)
Louis Moore Bacon 55,000 sh (unchged)
Richard Snow 3,000 sh (unchged)
Jeremy Grantham 161,505 sh (unchged)
Murray Stahl 1,510 sh (unchged)
Leon Cooperman Sold Out
Steven Cohen Sold Out
David Winters Sold Out
Eric Mindich Sold Out
Bruce Kovner Sold Out
Jean-Marie Eveillard 3,236,296 sh (-0.36%)
Ken Fisher 3,623 sh (-2.58%)
Daniel Loeb 145,000 sh (-9.38%)
John Burbank 66,600 sh (-32.52%)
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Q3 2012

GLD Guru Trades in Q3 2012

John Keeley 9,657 sh (New)
Signature Select Canadian Fund 255,250 sh (+972.48%)
John Burbank 119,300 sh (+79.13%)
George Soros 1,320,400 sh (+49.3%)
Murray Stahl 1,814 sh (+20.13%)
Arnold Schneider 2,700 sh (+17.39%)
Richard Snow 3,000 sh (unchged)
Jeremy Grantham 161,505 sh (unchged)
John Paulson 21,837,552 sh (unchged)
Louis Moore Bacon 100,000 sh (unchged)
Daniel Loeb 130,000 sh (-10.34%)
Louis Moore Bacon 100,000 sh (-16.67%)
Jean-Marie Eveillard 2,483,660 sh (-23.26%)
Ken Fisher 2,514 sh (-30.61%)
Steve Mandel 2,587,216 sh (-31.01%)
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Q4 2012

GLD Guru Trades in Q4 2012

Jean-Marie Eveillard 2,591,510 sh (+4.34%)
Richard Snow 3,000 sh (unchged)
Jeremy Grantham 233,505 sh (unchged)
John Paulson 21,837,552 sh (unchged)
Daniel Loeb 130,000 sh (unchged)
Steve Mandel Sold Out
Louis Moore Bacon Sold Out
Ken Fisher 2,393 sh (-4.81%)
Arnold Schneider 2,500 sh (-7.41%)
Murray Stahl 1,350 sh (-25.58%)
John Burbank 85,400 sh (-28.42%)
George Soros 600,000 sh (-54.56%)
John Keeley 1,257 sh (-86.98%)
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Q1 2013

GLD Guru Trades in Q1 2013

Leon Cooperman 90,000 sh (New)
Jeremy Grantham 209,630 sh (+348.88%)
Murray Stahl 2,314 sh (+71.41%)
Ken Fisher 3,367 sh (+40.7%)
Richard Snow 3,690 sh (+23%)
John Keeley 1,455 sh (+15.75%)
Jean-Marie Eveillard 2,622,208 sh (+1.18%)
Murray Stahl 186,000 sh (unchged)
John Burbank 10,000 sh (unchged)
Daniel Loeb 130,000 sh (unchged)
John Paulson 21,837,552 sh (unchged)
George Soros 530,900 sh (-11.52%)
Arnold Schneider 1,750 sh (-30%)
John Burbank 18,900 sh (-77.87%)
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Insider Trades

Latest Guru Trades with GLD

GuruDate Trades Impact to Portfolio Price Range * (?) Current Price Change from Average Current Shares
John Burbank 2013-03-31 Reduce -77.87%0.41%$151.44 - $163.67 $ 135.12-14%18900
Leon Cooperman 2013-03-31 New Buy0.22%$151.44 - $163.67 $ 135.12-14%90000
George Soros 2013-03-31 Reduce -11.52%0.14%$151.44 - $163.67 $ 135.12-14%530900
Steve Mandel 2012-12-31 Sold Out 2.7%$159.73 - $173.61 $ 135.12-19%0
George Soros 2012-12-31 Reduce -54.56%2.02%$159.73 - $173.61 $ 135.12-19%600000
John Burbank 2012-12-31 Reduce -28.42%0.27%$159.73 - $173.61 $ 135.12-19%85400
John Keeley 2012-12-31 Reduce -86.98%0.03%$159.73 - $173.61 $ 135.12-19%1257
George Soros 2012-09-30 Add 49.3%1.22%$152.15 - $172.34 $ 135.12-16%1320400
Steve Mandel 2012-09-30 Reduce -31.01%1.05%$152.15 - $172.34 $ 135.12-16%2587216
Jean-Marie Eveillard 2012-09-30 Reduce -23.26%0.47%$152.15 - $172.34 $ 135.12-16%2483660
John Burbank 2012-09-30 Add 79.13%0.42%$152.15 - $172.34 $ 135.12-16%119300
John Keeley 2012-09-30 New Buy0.04%$152.15 - $172.34 $ 135.12-16%9657
John Paulson 2012-06-30 Add 26.15%5.87%$148.94 - $162.92 $ 135.12-14%21837552
Leon Cooperman 2012-06-30 Sold Out 1.7%$148.94 - $162.92 $ 135.12-14%0
George Soros 2012-06-30 Add 176.76%1.28%$148.94 - $162.92 $ 135.12-14%884400
John Burbank 2012-06-30 Reduce -32.52%0.18%$148.94 - $162.92 $ 135.12-14%66600
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After losing 50% in his Advantage Plus Fund last year primarily by overestimating the rate of the U.S. economy’s recovery, John Paulson was down 10% in the first half of 2012. It has been a drastic change from the 591% returns in the subprime crisis that propelled him to the spotlight in 2007. Read more...
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August 15, 2012
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Ratios

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EV-to-EBIT 24.4
GLD's EV-to-EBIT is ranked lower than
100% of the Companies
in the Global industry.

( Industry Median: vs. GLD: 24.4 )
GLD' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 24.4
PEG 1.1
GLD's PEG is ranked lower than
100% of the Companies
in the Global industry.

( Industry Median: vs. GLD: 1.1 )
GLD' s 10-Year PEG Range
Min: 0   Max: 1.2
Current: 1.1
0
1.2

Valuation & Return

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Price/Tangible Book 3.6
GLD's Price/Tangible Book is ranked lower than
100% of the Companies
in the Global industry.

( Industry Median: vs. GLD: 3.6 )
GLD' s 10-Year Price/Tangible Book Range
Min: 0   Max: 0
Current: 3.6

Business Description

Street Tracks Gold Shares offer investors a new, innovative, relatively cost efficient and secure way to access the gold market. Gold Shares are intended to offer investors a means of participating in the gold bullion market without the necessity of taking physical delivery of gold, & to buy and sell that interest through the trading of a security on a regulated stock exchange. The introduction of Gold Shares is intended to lower many of the barriers, such as access, custody, and transaction costs, that have prevented some investors from investing in gold. Gold Shares represent fractional, undivided beneficial ownership interests in the Trust, the sole assets of which are gold bullion, from time to time, cash. Gold Shares are intended to lower a large number of the barriers preventing investors from using gold as an asset allocation and trading tool. These barriers have included the logistics of buying, storing & insuring gold.
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