SPDR Gold Shares $GLD Holdings Lowered by Woodward Diversified Capital LLC

Woodward Diversified Capital LLC decreased its stake in SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) by 48.4% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 1,455 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,364 shares during the period. Woodward Diversified Capital LLC’s holdings in SPDR Gold Shares were worth $577,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of GLD. First Eagle Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 2.7% in the third quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 2,531,196 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $899,764,000 after buying an additional 66,416 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can purchased a new position in SPDR Gold Shares during the 3rd quarter valued at about $556,282,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,555,831 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $554,139,000 after purchasing an additional 50,756 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 3.0% in the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,222,891 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $434,701,000 after purchasing an additional 35,619 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in shares of SPDR Gold Shares by 1.4% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,125,376 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $400,037,000 after purchasing an additional 15,932 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 42.19% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting SPDR Gold Shares

Here are the key news stories impacting SPDR Gold Shares this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Weaker U.S. consumer sentiment and rising short‑term inflation expectations boosted bullion demand, lifting spot gold and supporting GLD as investors seek inflation protection. Spot gold shoots above $4,550/oz after final Consumer Sentiment falls to 53.3
• Positive Sentiment: Advisors and wealth managers are increasingly positioning clients in gold ETFs as a portfolio diversifier amid record global debt, supporting demand for large funds like GLD. Gold ETFs Gain as Advisors Seek New Diversifiers
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that earlier easing headlines around the U.S.–Iran conflict briefly reduced tail‑risk uncertainty encouraged dip‑buyers to re-enter the market, helping GLD recover some recent losses. SPDR gold shares surge on supposed easing of US.-Iran conflict
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical traders note a bounce after a test of the 200‑day moving average; this can produce short‑term rallies but does not guarantee a sustained trend reversal. Gold Rally Builds After 200-Day Test—Are Buyers Targeting $4850.68?
• Negative Sentiment: Macro pressure from a stronger U.S. dollar and higher bond yields—driven by coordinated hawkish central‑bank messaging—remains a major drag on gold prices and could limit GLD’s upside. Stocks Swing, Oil Surges, Gold Slumps. How the Iran War Has Moved Markets.
• Negative Sentiment: Sell‑side and reserve moves—Turkey’s recent gold sales and signs some central banks are reassessing purchases—add supply-side pressure and reduce a key source of steady demand. Turkey taps its gold reserves, sells 58.4 tonnes of gold in two weeks Gold Falls 15% as Central Banks Reassess $4.3 Trillion Reserves

SPDR Gold Shares Stock Performance

SPDR Gold Shares stock opened at $414.70 on Friday. SPDR Gold Shares has a twelve month low of $272.58 and a twelve month high of $509.70. The firm has a market cap of $157.63 billion, a PE ratio of -32.43 and a beta of 0.09. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $455.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $406.44.

SPDR Gold Shares Company Profile

SPDR Gold Trust (the Trust) is an investment trust. The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust’s expenses. The Trust’s business activity is the investment of gold. The Trust creates and redeems Shares from time to time, but in one or more Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 100,000 Shares). The Trust issues Shares in Baskets to certain authorized participants (Authorized Participants) on an ongoing basis. The creation and redemption of Baskets is only made in exchange for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of the amount of gold and any cash represented by the Baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which will be based on the combined net asset value of various Shares included in the Baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem Baskets is properly received.