Summary
American Century Global Gold Investor Class is a mutual fund run by American Century. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 79. The ten largest make up 49% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.66%
- Fund size
- $1.76B
- Positions
- 79
- Dividend yield
- 0.80%
- Running since
- 1988
What speaks for it
- A large fund with $1.76B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%.
- It has been running since 1988.
What to watch
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 47% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -8.3%
- 3 months
- +23%
- This year
- +1.3%
- 1 year
- +12%
- 3 years
- +214%
- 5 years
- +163%
- 10 years
- +198%
- Avg. market cap
- $41.8B
- P/E
- 12.4x
- Forward P/E
- 10.7x
- P/S
- 3.8x
- P/B
- 3.0x
- P/FCF
- 13.2x
- EV/EBITDA
- 6.7x
- Dividend yield
- 1.01%
- ROIC
- 18.8%
- ROE
- 28.2%
- Gross margin
- 54.2%
- Operating margin
- 50.0%
- Net margin
- 35.9%
- Payout ratio
- 12.5%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- -0.1x
- Beta
- 0.80
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 90% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 NENewmont NEM 8.4%
- 2 AEAgnico Eagle Mines Limited AEM.TO 6.2%
- 3 ABBarrick Mining Corporation ABX.TO 6.2%
- 4 ANAngloGold Ashanti Plc ANG.JO 5.3%
- 5 K.Kinross Gold Corporation K.TO 5.1%
- 6 GFGold Fields Limited GFI 4.5%
- 7 FNFranco-Nevada Corporation FNV.TO 4.2%
- 8 WPWheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM.TO 3.9%
- 9 28Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. 2899.HK 3.0%
- 10 Endeavour Mining PLC 2.6%
Positions in the fund: 79. The ten largest make up 49% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
Spread outBy country
- Canada 49%
- United States 20%
- Australia 12%
- South Africa 8.2%
- Other countries 11%
By company size
- Large cap 70%
- Mid cap 27%
- Small cap 3.2%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 87% of the fund.
Largest country: Canada (49%). Largest size group: Large cap (70%).
What does it cost me?
Usual costs- Yearly costs
- 0.66%
- A year from $10,000
- $66.00
- Over 20 years
- $3,144
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $66.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $3,144.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +12%
- Deepest drop
- -47%
- Yearly volatility
- 48%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%. Deepest drop in these years: 47% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.80%
- Payments a year
- 2
- Last payment
- $0.09
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.25 per share, which is 0.80% of today's price. The last payment was $0.09 on Jun 9, 2026.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather cheap- P/E of the companies inside
- 12.4
- Average Bulios Score
- 84 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 34%
- Fairly valued 18%
- Overvalued 47%
On average the companies inside trade for 12.4 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 47% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 90% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Can I buy it as an ETF?
A mutual fund is bought from the fund company. These ETFs hold much of the same and trade on an exchange, so an ordinary broker carries them.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GD GDX.AX VanEck Gold Miners ETF | Australia | 0.53% | $1.05B | -12% | Pays out | 75% |
G2 G2X.DE VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.53% | $3.58B | +17% | Reinvests | 74% |
IS IS0E.DE iShares Gold Producers UCITS ETF USD (Acc) | Ireland | 0.55% | $4.27B | +20% | Reinvests | 70% |
MN MNRS.AX BetaShares - Global Gold Miners Currency Hedged ETF | Australia | 0.57% | $172.2M | -6.7% | Pays out | 67% |
GL GLDU.AS Amundi Index Solutions - Amundi Gold Miners UCITS ETF USD Distributing | Luxembourg | 0.65% | $831.1M | +16% | Pays out | 58% |
CD CD91.DE Amundi Index Solutions - Amundi Gold Miners UCITS ETF USD Distributing | Luxembourg | 0.65% | $832.7M | +22% | Pays out | 58% |