Sprott Physical Gold Trust (Sprott Physical Gold Trust) GF Score : 34/100 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)

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What is Sprott Physical Gold Trust GF Score?

Sprott Physical Gold Trust has the GF Score of 34, which implies that the company might have Worst future performance potential, or not enough data.

The GF Score is a stock performance ranking system developed by GuruFocus using five aspects of valuation, which has been found to be closely correlated to the long-term performances of stocks by backtesting from 2006 to 2021. The stocks with a higher GF Score generally generate higher returns than those with lower GF Scores. Therefore, when picking stocks, investors should invest in companies with high GF Scores. The GF Score ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 as the highest rank.

GF Score takes following five key aspects into consideration:

1. Financial Strength : 8/10
2. Profitability Rank : 3/10
3. Growth Rank : 0/10
4. GF Value Rank : 0/10
5. Momentum Rank : 1/10

Each one of these components is ranked and the ranks also have positive correlation with the long term performances of stocks. The GF score is calculated using the five key aspects of analysis. Through backtesting, we know that each of these key aspects has a different impact on the stock price performance. Thus, they are weighted differently when calculating the total score. The Profitability Rank and the Growth Rank are weighted fully, while other parameters have less weight.

Based on research and backtesting result, GuruFocus believes Sprott Physical Gold Trust might have Worst future performance potential, or not enough data.

Please click GF Score to see more details on the GF Score's 5 Key Aspects of Analysis.

Competitive Comparison of Sprott Physical Gold Trust's GF Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, Sprott Physical Gold Trust's GF Score, along with its competitors' market caps and GF Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Sprott Physical Gold Trust's GF Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Sprott Physical Gold Trust's GF Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sprott Physical Gold Trust's GF Score falls into.

Sprott Physical Gold Trust (ARCA:PHYS) GF Score Explanation

Based on the historical long-term performances among five valuation aspects, the GF Score is found to be closely correlated to the long-term performances of stocks. It ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 as the highest. GuruFocus divided GF Score into following 5 categories:

GF Score	Performance Potential and All-in-One Screener Examples ⁽¹⁾
91 - 100	Highest outperformance potential
81 - 90	Good outperformance potential
71 - 80	Likely to have average performance
51 - 70	Poor future performance potential
0 - 50	Worst future performance potential, or not enough data

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our GF Score filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab.

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Sprott Physical Gold Trust (Sprott Physical Gold Trust) Business Description

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Address

200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2J1

Website

https://www.sprottphysicalgoldtrust.com

Sprott Physical Gold Trust is a closed-end mutual fund trust. It provides a secure, convenient, and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical gold bullion without the inconvenience associated with direct investment in physical gold bullion. It invests mainly in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical gold bullion and does not and will not speculate about short-term changes in gold prices.