iShares Gold Trust $IAU Shares Purchased by Cobblestone Asset Management LLC

Cobblestone Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:IAU) by 69.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 51,038 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,860 shares during the quarter. iShares Gold Trust makes up approximately 1.7% of Cobblestone Asset Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position. Cobblestone Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Gold Trust were worth $3,714,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of iShares Gold Trust by 67.5% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 10,919,614 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $680,947,000 after buying an additional 4,398,605 shares during the last quarter. WealthNavi Inc. grew its stake in iShares Gold Trust by 8.5% during the 3rd quarter. WealthNavi Inc. now owns 7,130,543 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $518,890,000 after acquiring an additional 559,413 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Gold Trust by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 6,616,480 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $412,563,000 after acquiring an additional 148,881 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp lifted its stake in iShares Gold Trust by 14.4% in the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 5,490,435 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $342,384,000 after purchasing an additional 692,844 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. lifted its stake in iShares Gold Trust by 809.1% in the 2nd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 5,108,818 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $318,586,000 after purchasing an additional 4,546,835 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 59.67% of the company’s stock.

Key iShares Gold Trust News

Here are the key news stories impacting iShares Gold Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Major bank outlooks remain very bullish for gold over the medium term — UBS projects gold could reach $5,000 by Q3 2026 (and $5,400 in a higher-risk scenario), which supports continued long-term demand for gold-backed ETFs like IAU. UBS sees $5,000 gold
• Positive Sentiment: Unusual options activity shows elevated bullish positioning: traders bought roughly 11,411 IAU call options (≈26% above average), signaling some participants are positioning for a rebound or continued upside. (Proprietary trading flow)
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying: Ehrlich Financial Group increased its IAU holdings in Q3, a small but supportive sign of steady institutional interest in the ETF. Ehrlich boosts IAU
• Neutral Sentiment: Technicals show a recent volatility-driven breakout with gold having cleared major resistances (and silver following), which supports longer-term accumulation but increases the likelihood of sharp short-term corrections. Volatility-driven breakout
• Neutral Sentiment: Some analysts still call the overall trend bullish despite intra-day pullbacks, suggesting current weakness may be a buying opportunity for longer-term holders. Bullish despite pullback
• Negative Sentiment: Short-term profit-taking and macro data moved prices lower today — reports point to heavy profit-taking after record highs and a U.S. pending-home-sales surprise that pressured spot gold, weighing on IAU flows. Spot gold session lows Profit-taking after highs
• Negative Sentiment: Technical analysts warn of a sharp pullback risk after the largest one-day loss since October, with some models pointing to a swing target near $4,041/oz if trapped long positions are flushed out — a scenario that would likely drive further outflows from IAU. Price breakdown target $4,041

iShares Gold Trust Price Performance

Shares of iShares Gold Trust stock opened at $81.61 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $78.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $70.89. The stock has a market cap of $67.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.53 and a beta of 0.09. iShares Gold Trust has a 1-year low of $49.00 and a 1-year high of $85.68.

iShares Gold Trust Profile

iShares Gold Trust (the Trust) is to own gold transferred to the Trust in exchange for shares issued by the Trust (Shares). Each Share represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the net assets of the Trust. The assets of the Trust consist of gold held by the Trust’s custodian on behalf of the Trust. The sponsor of the Trust is iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC (the Sponsor), which is an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc The trustee of the Trust is The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) and the custodian of the Trust is JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., London branch (the Custodian).