Commodity Flows Surge to $53B YTD on Strength of Precious Metals Demand

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Weekly Channel Summary

The Commodity ETF channel, comprised of 70 ETFs across 28 issuers, currently manages $328B in assets. The channel attracted significant capital this week, bringing in $1.89B in net inflows, which pushed the year-to-date inflows total to $53.14B.

This Week’s Performance Leaders and Laggards

Industrial Metals and Precious Metals were the standout categories this week, posting returns of 3.14% and 2.46% respectively. On the downside, Shipping Freight lagged significantly with a -6.42% decline, followed by Agriculture which fell -1.24%.

Category Performance Snapshot

Category WTD 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month YTD 1 Year
Industrial Metals 3.14% 8.29% 17.00% 20.33% 31.44% 31.54%
Precious Metals 2.46% 12.50% 29.64% 41.18% 83.41% 83.13%
Carbon Credits 1.16% 6.85% 9.38%
Multi-Sector -0.12% 0.26% 4.00% 3.08% 13.02% 15.30%
Energy -0.96% -5.38% -6.44% -15.14% -11.36% -7.68%
Agriculture -1.24% -0.39% -2.62% -4.25% -3.04% -1.77%
Shipping Freight -6.42% 10.62% 61.69% 109.66% 141.29% 135.88%

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by Weekly Performance

The PPLT (abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF) took the top spot this week with a strong return of 10.25%. Conversely, the BWET (Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF) and the UNG (United States Natural Gas Fund LP) struggled the most, dropping -6.42% and -4.77% respectively.

Ticker Fund Name WTD Performance
Top Performers
PPLT abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF 10.25%
PLTM GraniteShares Platinum Trust 10.25%
PALL abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF 9.56%
UX Roundhill Uranium ETF 7.07%
TMET iShares Transition-Enabling Metals ETF 4.88%
Bottom Performers
BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF -6.42%
UNG United States Natural Gas Fund LP -4.77%
UNL United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP -3.68%
UGA United States Gasoline Fund LP -2.39%
DBE Invesco DB Energy Fund -2.04%

Analyzing the Weekly Flows

The channel saw a total of $1.89B in net inflows this week. Precious Metals dominated investor interest, gathering $1.62B, while Agriculture was the notable outlier on the negative side, shedding $20M in assets.

Category Flows Summary

Category Fund Count AUM 5 Day 30 Day 90 Day YTD 1 Year
Precious Metals 16 $307.55B $1,623M $6,509M $17,102M $50,532M $51,733M
Multi-Sector 25 $16.72B $144M $309M $892M $2,694M $2,650M
Energy 11 $2.02B $116M $119M $70M ($269M) ($506M)
Industrial Metals 4 $0.59B $22M $66M $155M $227M $216M
Carbon Credits 4 $0.31B $2M $3M ($21M) ($39M) ($44M)
Shipping Freight 2 $0.04B $1M ($4M) ($14M) ($23M) ($22M)
Agriculture 8 $1.03B ($20M) ($30M) ($34M) $20M $26M

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by 5-Day Flow

The GLDM (SPDR Gold Minishares Trust) led all funds with \$524M in fresh capital. On the other side, the GLD (SPDR Gold Shares) and the SLV (iShares Silver Trust) experienced the heaviest outflows, losing \$81M and \$72M respectively.

Ticker Fund Name 5-Day Flow
Inflows
GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust $524M
IAU iShares Gold Trust $474M
SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF $323M
IAUM iShares Gold Trust Micro ETF $259M
UNG United States Natural Gas Fund LP $111M
Outflows
GLD SPDR Gold Shares ($81M)
SLV iShares Silver Trust ($72M)
FTGC First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund ($61M)
SOYB Teucrium Soybean Fund ($16M)
SDCI USCF SummerHaven Dynamic Commodity Strategy No K-1 Fund ($5M)

Issuer League Table Update

SPDR and iShares remain the dominant forces in the space, controlling 52.70% and 33.79% of the market share respectively. iShares led all issuers in asset gathering this week, pulling in a net $754M.

Top 5 Issuers by AUM

Brand Fund Count AUM AUM Market Share
SPDR 3 $172.98B 52.70%
iShares 7 $110.93B 33.79%
aberdeen 7 $21.10B 6.43%
Invesco 9 $7.35B 2.24%
VanEck 3 $2.55B 0.78%

Top & Bottom 3 Issuers by 5-Day Flow

Brand 5-Day Flow
Inflows
iShares $754M
aberdeen $477M
SPDR $449M
Outflows
First Trust -$61M
Teucrium -$17M
USCF Advisers -$5M

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Disclosures

This material is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. The information contained herein may not be comprehensive and is subject to change without notice. ETF Action does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the data presented.

This analysis was developed by the team at ETF Action.