GSG
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust · iShares
Materials & Resources
1Y Return
+59.5%
Expense Ratio
0.75%
AUM
$1.1B
Dividend Yield
0.00%
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+9.0%
Issuer
BlackRock iShares

Overview

Broad commodity futures exposure through the S&P GSCI index — energy-heavy, with agriculture, industrial metals, livestock and precious metals alongside.

Top Holdings

TickerHoldingWeight
WTICrude Oil futures~22%
BRENTBrent Crude futures~17%
NGNatural Gas futures~6%
RB/HOGasoline & Heating Oil~10%
GCGold futures~9%
W/C/SWheat, Corn & Soybeans~13%
HG/ALCopper & Aluminium~9%
LC/LHLive Cattle & Lean Hogs~6%
SISilver futures~2%
--Other GSCI components~6%

Fund Details

Index
S&P GSCI Total Return
# Holdings
24 commodities
Inception
Jul 2006
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Structure
Commodity Trust
Distribution
None
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+9.0%
Avg Annual Yield (10Y)
0.00%

Investment Thesis

Commodities are the one major asset class that thrives when inflation runs hot and supply is tight — and with crude in the $90s and metals bid, GSG's energy-heavy GSCI basket delivered a +53% year that stock-bond portfolios couldn't touch. It is the classic late-cycle diversifier: returns arrive precisely when equities and bonds struggle with the same inflation that powers it. Futures roll costs and a K-1 tax form are the price of admission.

Who It's For

Investors hedging inflation and geopolitical supply shocks with a broad basket rather than a single commodity bet. A tactical satellite — the index's energy weighting means it lives and dies with oil.

10-Year History

Annual Closing Price
YearClose% Chg
2016$13.99--
2017$15.25+9.0%
2018$12.96-15.0%
2019$14.91+15.0%
2020$13.42-10.0%
2021$18.51+37.9%
2022$22.96+24.0%
2023$21.58-6.0%
2024$23.31+8.0%
2025$27.50+18.0%
Annual Dividend Yield
YearYield
20160.00%
20170.00%
20180.00%
20190.00%
20200.00%
20210.00%
20220.00%
20230.00%
20240.00%
20250.00%
Annual AUM
YearAUM% Chg
2016$1.1B--
2017$1.2B+9.1%
2018$1.1B-8.3%
2019$1B-9.1%
2020$0.8B-20.0%
2021$1.4B+75.0%
2022$1.8B+28.6%
2023$1.2B-33.3%
2024$1B-16.7%
2025$1B+0.0%

Price history from exchange data. Dividend yields from reported distributions; some earlier years are derived from total-return vs price-return data or are ETFHub estimates. AUM history is an ETFHub estimate modelled from current assets and annual returns (fund flows not reflected) and may differ from official fund records. Data as of October 2026.

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