Goldman Sachs Funds
Annual Report |
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Goldman Sachs Equity ETFs | ||||
Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF (GCLN) | ||||
Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (GSEW) | ||||
Hedge Industry VIP ETF (GVIP) | ||||
Innovate Equity ETF (GINN) | ||||
JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (JUST) |
Goldman Sachs Equity ETFs
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BLOOMBERG CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY ETF (GCLN) |
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EQUAL WEIGHT U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF (GSEW) |
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HEDGE INDUSTRY VIP ETF (GVIP) |
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INNOVATE EQUITY ETF (GINN) |
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JUST U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF (JUST) |
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NOT FDIC-INSURED | May Lose Value | No Bank Guarantee |
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF
Principal Investment Strategies
The Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.
The Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Global Clean Energy Index (the “Index”) is designed to deliver exposure to companies that are expected to have a significant impact on energy decarbonization through their exposure to clean energy which includes, but is not limited to, clean power infrastructure (generation, transmission and distribution), solar energy, wind energy, energy storage, hydrogen energy, energy digitalization and bioenergy. The Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index designed to identify relevant companies using curated data acquired from a variety of sources by Bloomberg Professional Services (the “Index Provider”). Some of the clean energy companies in which the Fund invests may have operations that involve traditional energy facilities (including oil, gas or other hydrocarbons). The Index Provider constructs the Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves three steps.
Step 1 — In the first step, the Index Provider defines a universe of potential index constituents (the “Universe”) by identifying securities that are constituents of the Bloomberg Global Equity Index and classified to be within clean energy sectors by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (“BNEF”). BNEF is a strategic research provider covering global commodity markets and the disruptive technologies driving the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Step 2 — In the second step, the Index Provider screens the Universe for thematic relevance to clean energy and estimates the proportion of an issuer’s value attributable to clean energy activities. The Index Provider’s estimates are based on quarterly data reviews by sector specialists using reported segment revenues, along with any other available metrics such as segmented earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), alignment with the European Union’s Taxonomy Regulation, current and planned activities of the issuer, and expected growth of clean energy-relevant business lines relative to other business lines.
Thematic relevance is then divided into four categories based on percentage of a company’s value attributed to clean energy activities: A4 (Minor Driver of Decarbonization) – 10% or Less, A3 (Moderate Driver of Decarbonization) – 10% to 24%, A2 (Considerable Driver of Decarbonization) – 25% to 49% and A1 (Main Driver of Decarbonization) – 50% to 100%. Securities of issuers within category A4 (Minor) or Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”)-controversial securities, and securities with high carbon impact and poor mitigation plans are excluded from the Index.
Step 3 — In the third step, the Index constituents are grouped by thematic relevance categories to maximize relevance and impact. Each thematic category is assigned a weighting to maximize exposure to securities with the greatest impact to de-carbonization as follows:
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60% of the Index weight is in securities classified as A1 (Main Driver of Decarbonization). |
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30% of the Index weight is in securities classified as A2 (Considerable Driver of Decarbonization). |
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10% of the index weight is in securities classified as A3 (Moderate Driver of Decarbonization). |
Within each category, the weight for a single security is capped at a specified level that varies by category. Any excess weight resulted from capping is redistributed proportionally across the remaining uncapped securities in the Index.
The Index is normally rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly in March, June, September, and December.
As of August 31, 2022, the Index consisted of 187 securities with a market capitalization range of between approximately $736.1 million and $863.6 billion. The components of the Index may change over time. The percentage of the portfolio exposed to any country or geographic region will vary from time to time as the weightings of the securities within the Index change, and the Fund may not be invested in each country or geographic region at all times.
The Index is comprised of equity securities, including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”). The Fund seeks to invest in the Index components in approximately the same weighting that such components have
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within the Index at the applicable time. The Fund may purchase a sample of securities in its Index. There may also be instances in which Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM” or the “Investment Adviser”) may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Fund’s Index, purchase securities not in the Fund’s Index that the Investment Adviser believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in such Index or utilize various combinations of other available investment techniques.
Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.
The Fund is classified as “diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). However, the Fund may become “non-diversified” solely as a result of a change in the relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the Index. A non-diversified fund may invest a larger percentage of its assets in fewer issuers than diversified funds.
The Fund may concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Index is concentrated. The degree to which components of the Index represent certain sectors or industries may change over time.
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At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e. the period from the Fund’s inception on February 8, 2022 through August 31, 2022, we believed that static, clean energy indices developed by index generalists may be missing investment opportunities. To solve for this, the Fund’s underlying index was designed by energy specialists at Goldman Sachs and BNEF to evolve with the low carbon transition. The Fund’s dynamic index leverages BNEF’s more than 200 research analysts to provide exposure to growth-oriented pure-play and “transitioning” clean energy companies.
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Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Principal Investment Strategies
The Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index.
The Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR) (the “Index”) is designed to measure the performance of equity securities of large capitalization U.S. issuers. The Index is an equal-weight version of the Solactive US Large Cap Index, a market capitalization-weighted index that includes equity securities of approximately 500 of the largest U.S. companies. The Index includes the same constituents as the Solactive US Large Cap Index. However, unlike the Solactive US Large Cap Index, in which each security is weighted based on its market value, each security in the Index is given the same weight, approximately 0.2% of the Index, at each rebalance.
As of August 31, 2022, the Index consisted of 489 securities with a market capitalization range of between approximately $7.3 billion and $2,526.6 billion. The Index is reconstituted on a semi-annual basis in May and November to reflect changes in the constituents of the Solactive US Large Cap Index. New securities from initial public offerings are also added on a semi-annual basis in February and August, subject to fulfillment of certain eligibility criteria. The Index is normally rebalanced on a monthly basis to weight all constituents equally.
Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.
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At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e. the 12 months ended August 31, 2022, we believed that while mega-cap stocks may drive performance in market cap-weighted equity indices, many top performers may be found among non-mega-cap stocks. We maintain conviction in our methodology for providing meaningful access to opportunities among non-mega-cap stocks and avoiding concentration in mega-cap stocks by equally weighting the largest U.S. equities and rebalancing on a monthly basis. We believe this approach allows investors to participate in a broad range of market cycles and potentially reduce exposure to isolated market incidents.
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Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF
Principal Investment Strategies
The Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index. The Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP IndexTM (the “Index”) is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities whose performance is expected to influence the long portfolios of hedge funds. Such equity securities are defined as those that appear most frequently among the top ten equity holdings of U.S. hedge fund managers that select their investments based upon fundamental analysis. Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Index Provider”) is the provider of the Index, which is constructed in accordance with a rules-based methodology.
Hedge fund managers report their U.S. equity holdings, which are made public 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. The Index is normally reconstituted and rebalanced on a quarterly basis once the information has been fully disseminated. The construction of the Index involves accessing the identifiers and share counts of U.S. equity holdings disclosed by hedge fund managers in their quarterly 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Index is constructed to then apply share prices at the time of data collection to the numbers of shares listed in each 13F disclosure filing to calculate the dollar market value of each reported position. U.S. hedge fund managers that select their investments based upon fundamental analysis are assumed to be U.S. hedge fund managers with no fewer than 10 and no more than 200 distinct U.S. equity positions, as reported in the hedge fund managers’ most recent Form 13F filings. Managers with less than $10 million of disclosed equity assets are excluded.
The equity positions are then ranked within each individual hedge fund manager’s portfolio by descending market value. The approximately 50 stocks that appear most frequently in the top 10 holdings of this universe then become the Index constituents. Constituents are equal dollar-weighted at each rebalance.
Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.
The Index does not include hedge funds (i.e., unlisted, privately offered funds) and is not designed to approximate the performance of any hedge fund manager, hedge fund or group of hedge fund managers or hedge funds. The Index should not be considered a hedge fund replication strategy. As of August 31, 2022, the Index consisted of 50 securities with a market capitalization range of between approximately $3.6 billion and $2,206.9 billion. The components of the Index may change over time. The percentage of the portfolio exposed to any asset class will vary from time to time as the weightings of the securities within the Index change, and the Fund may not be invested in each asset class at all times.
THE FUND IS NOT A HEDGE FUND AND DOES NOT INVEST IN HEDGE FUNDS.
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At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e. the 12 months ended August 31, 2022, we continued to believe the most effective way to identify the most important positions of hedge fund managers is to know what equities they are holding. We also maintained conviction in our methodology for extracting these important positions — by obtaining information from quarterly 13F filings of hedge funds and identifying stocks that appear among top holdings the most frequently. Through an efficient implementation, we believe investors are able to access top hedge fund long equity ideas and gain exposure to evolving U.S. market themes.
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Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF
Principal Investment Strategies
The Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.
The Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index (the “Index”) is designed to deliver exposure to companies that may benefit from technological innovation and the resulting changes in the economy across five key themes (the “Key Themes”) that are potential drivers of changes in the economy. Each Key Theme is divided into multiple sub-themes (the “Sub-Themes”). The Key Themes are:
Data-Driven World Theme — Companies that are positioned to potentially benefit from the unprecedented proliferation of data, capitalizing on data storage, security and analysis as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Finance Reimagined Theme — Companies that are positioned to potentially benefit from the evolving financial landscape, from the digitization of traditional financial services to the development of blockchain technology.
Human Evolution Theme — Companies that are positioned to potentially benefit from advances in medical treatment and technology, from robotic surgery and precision medicine to gene therapy and care for an older population.
Manufacturing Revolution Theme — Companies that are positioned to potentially benefit from the technology-driven transformation of the manufacturing industry, including the emergence of new processes, products and energy sources.
New Age Consumer Theme — Companies that are positioned to potentially benefit from structural shifts in the way we consume goods and services due to changes in demographics, technology and consumer preferences.
The Index is comprised entirely of securities that compose the Solactive Data Driven World Index, the Solactive Finance Reimagined Index, the Solactive Human Evolution Index, the Solactive Manufacturing Revolution Index, and the Solactive New Age Consumer Index (the “Solactive Thematic Indexes”), which are designed to provide exposure to the Data Driven World Theme, the Finance Reimagined Theme, the Human Evolution Theme, the Manufacturing Revolution Theme and the New Age Consumer Theme, respectively. The weight of each index constituent within the Index is equal to the average weight of such index constituent across the Solactive Thematic Indexes, subject to specified minimum and maximum weights.
Solactive AG (the “Index Provider”) determines the components of each Solactive Thematic Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology that involves four steps. The following index methodology applies to each Solactive Thematic Index.
Step 1
In the first step, the Index Provider defines a universe of potential index constituents (the “Universe”). The Universe is comprised of companies that meet all the below criteria:
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The company’s primary listing must be on a regulated stock exchange approved by the Index Provider; |
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The company’s stock must have an average daily trading volume over the most recent 1-month period (“ADTV”) of at least $1,000,000 in U.S. dollars; |
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The company must have a total market capitalization of at least $500,000,000 in U.S. dollars; and |
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The company must not be classified as within certain industries by the FactSet Industries and Economic Sectors classification in order to minimize non-theme-relevant exposures in the Index. |
Step 2
In the second step, the Index Provider screens publicly available information, such as financial news, business profiles and company publications, using keywords that describe the Key Theme and its proprietary natural language processing algorithm to identify companies within the Universe that have or are expected to have significant exposure to a Sub-Theme. In addition,
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additional company and/or third-party information is screened in order to verify a company’s relevance to at least one of the Sub-Themes. Securities of issuers whose relevance to at least one of the Sub-Themes cannot be verified is removed from the Universe.
Step 3
In the third step, each company identified in Step 2 is assigned a thematic relevance score with respect to each Sub-Theme. For each Sub-Theme, the Index Provider identifies 50 companies with the highest thematic relevance scores. The Index Provider then combines the thematic relevance scores for all Sub-Themes of each company identified to calculate such company’s overall score. The top 100 companies with the highest overall scores are included in the Solactive Thematic Index. In addition, certain buffer rules are applied to prevent excessive turnover.
Step 4
In the fourth step, the Index Provider calculates a thematic beta for each index constituent, which is a quantitative measurement of the exposure of the index constituents to the applicable Key Theme. Index constituents are then weighted according to a function of its market capitalization and thematic beta, subject to specified minimum and maximum weights.
The Fund may concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Index is concentrated. The degree to which components of the Index represent certain sectors or industries may change over time.
Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. Also, unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The Index is normally rebalanced quarterly on the third Friday of each January, April, July and October.
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At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e., the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022, the pace of technological innovation was faster than ever before, creating significant disruption across industries as new entrants and business models emerged and incumbents faced the threat of being dislodged. In our view, the Fund presented an attractive long-term opportunity, as we thought its underlying secular growth Key Themes and Sub-Themes would drive the financial markets during the coming decades. We believed fundamentally sound companies that could benefit from these Key Themes and Sub-Themes may be well-positioned to outperform. Although the Fund’s growth style and its exposure to the emerging markets can lead to short-term volatility, we remained confident overall in the long-term strength of these Key Themes and Sub-Themes at the end of the Reporting Period.
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Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Principal Investment Strategies
The Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index (the “Index”).
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.
The Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of large capitalization U.S. issuers that engage in “just business behavior” based on rankings produced by JUST Capital Foundation, Inc. (the “Index Provider”). The Index Provider publishes an annual ranking of issuers in the Russell 1000® Index (the “Reference Index”) based on its quantitative performance assessment of seven issue areas: how they treat their workers, their customers, the communities they interact with, the environment, and their shareholders, their commitment to making quality and beneficial products, and job creation.
The Index Provider seeks to encourage greater accountability in the business community and drive positive change among large publicly-traded U.S. corporations by (a) defining business behaviors that the American public cares most about (through extensive qualitative and quantitative survey research), (b) developing metrics that correspond to these issues in accordance with a robust, transparent methodology, (c) ranking the largest publicly-traded U.S. companies on the basis of these metrics, and (d) developing tools and products that allow investors to direct capital towards more “just” companies.
The Index is a market capitalization-weighted index that consists of the top-ranked 50% of companies in the Reference Index by industry, based on the most recent rankings by the Index Provider. On the annual Index reconstitution date, Index constituent weights are adjusted such that the Index is industry neutral and matches the Reference Index’s industry weights, based on the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”) industry classification.
As of August 31, 2022, the Index consisted of 446 securities with a market capitalization range of between approximately $1.7 billion and $2,206.9 billion. The Index is normally reconstituted annually in December and rebalanced in March, June and September on dates corresponding to the rebalance dates for the Reference Index. The components of the Index may change over time. The Index Provider determines whether an issuer is a U.S. issuer by reference to the index methodology of the Reference Index. FTSE Russell, which constructs the Reference Index, will deem an issuer to be a U.S. issuer if it is incorporated in, has a stated headquarters in, and trades in the U.S.; if any of these do not match, the Reference Index methodology providers for consideration of certain additional factors.
Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors.
The Fund seeks to invest in the Index components in approximately the same weighting that such components have within the Index at the applicable time. However, under various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of the securities in the Index in the approximate Index weight. In these circumstances, the Fund may purchase a sample of securities in the Index. There may also be instances in which the Investment Adviser may choose to underweight or overweight a security in the Fund’s Index, purchase securities not in the Fund’s Index that the Investment Adviser believes are appropriate to substitute for certain securities in such Index or utilize various combinations of other available investment techniques.
The Index is calculated by Frank Russell Company (“Russell” or the “Calculation Agent”) in accordance with the methodology and constituent list developed and provided by the Index Provider.
The Fund may concentrate its investments (i.e., hold more than 25% of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Index is concentrated. The degree to which components of the Index represent certain sectors or industries may change over time.
For a complete overview of and more in-depth information about the Index Provider’s processes, please view its Full Ranking Methodology and Survey Research Appendices at https://justcapital.com/methodology/full-ranking-methodology/.
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At the end of the Reporting Period, i.e. the 12 months ended August 31, 2022, we believed a focus on just business behavior via a data-driven approach may provide a suitable core U.S. equity allocation for investors seeking to encourage greater accountability in the business community through their investments. The Fund’s data-driven approach collects and analyzes data from a diverse range of sources, utilizing more than 150,000 data points across 66 unique metrics to score the performance of Russell 1000® Index companies. These companies are scored across a variety of issues, including worker treatment, customer concerns and environment impacts to provide broad market exposure.
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Effective on April 4, 2022, Jamie McGregor no longer served as a portfolio manager for the Funds. In addition, effective the same date, Matthew Maillet served as a portfolio manager for the Funds. Effective June 17, 2022, Matthew Maillet no longer served as a portfolio manager for the Funds. Raj Garigipati, Managing Director, continues to serve as a portfolio manager for the Funds, as he has since their inception. By design, all investment decisions for the Funds are performed within a co-lead or team structure, with multiple subject matter experts. This strategic decision make has been a cornerstone of our approach and helps to ensure continuity in the Funds.
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Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF
Investment Objective
The Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Global Clean Energy Index (the “Index”).
Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis
Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the period since its inception on February 8, 2022 through August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).
Q | How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period? |
A | During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned 0.45% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and 0.33% based on market price. The Index returned 1.40% during the same period. |
The Fund had an NAV of $39.60 on February 8, 2022 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $39.57 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $39.52 per share. |
Q | What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period? |
A | The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns. |
Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the Index. |
During the Reporting Period, the Index posted a positive absolute return but underperformed the Index, as measured by NAV. |
Q | Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most? |
A | Index constituents in the industrials, materials and consumer discretionary sectors detracted most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period. Partially offsetting these detractors were Index constituents in the information technology, consumer staples and energy sectors, which contributed positively to the Index’s results during the Reporting Period. |
Q | Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period? |
A | Enel, an Italy-based utilities company; Schneider Electric, a France-based industrials company; and Contemporary Amperex Technology, a China-based industrial company detracted most (1.76%, 2.10% and 0.00%1 of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Each of these companies posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period? |
A | Positions in Enphase Energy, a U.S.-based information technology company; NextEra, a U.S.-based utilities company; and First Solar, a U.S.-based information technology company contributed most positively (4.53%, 5.58% and 1.43% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Each of these holdings posted a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period? |
A | The Fund did not invest in derivatives or similar instruments during the Reporting Period. The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it may use them to equitize cash. |
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1 | Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were eliminated during the most recent rebalance given the Index construction methodology or were not held at all during the Reporting Period as they did not meet the Fund’s investment criteria. |
PORTFOLIO RESULTS
Q | What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2 |
Sector Name | Fund3 | Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Global Clean Energy Index |
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Utilities | 41.18 | % | 41.14 | % | ||||||
Industrials | 26.27 | 26.32 | ||||||||
Information Technology | 21.55 | 21.55 | ||||||||
Materials | 3.96 | 3.98 | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary | 2.79 | 2.78 | ||||||||
Energy | 2.26 | 2.25 | ||||||||
Consumer Staples | 1.58 | 1.57 | ||||||||
Financials | 0.40 | 0.41 |
Q | What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2 |
Country Name | Fund3 | Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Global Clean Energy Index |
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U.S. | 35.82 | % | 35.88 | % | ||||||
China | 21.58 | 21.61 | ||||||||
Denmark | 5.14 | 5.16 | ||||||||
South Korea | 4.74 | 4.75 | ||||||||
France | 4.52 | 4.50 | ||||||||
Canada | 4.51 | 4.51 | ||||||||
United Kingdom | 3.61 | 3.62 | ||||||||
Spain | 3.12 | 3.06 | ||||||||
Italy | 2.73 | 2.73 | ||||||||
Germany | 2.61 | 2.61 | ||||||||
Israel | 2.05 | 2.05 | ||||||||
Japan | 1.90 | 1.86 | ||||||||
India | 1.72 | 1.73 | ||||||||
Finland | 1.30 | 1.30 | ||||||||
Belgium | 1.00 | 0.99 | ||||||||
Switzerland | 0.74 | 0.73 | ||||||||
Brazil | 0.56 | 0.56 | ||||||||
Taiwan | 0.56 | 0.56 | ||||||||
Thailand | 0.44 | 0.44 | ||||||||
Czech Republic | 0.35 | 0.35 | ||||||||
Norway | 0.31 | 0.31 | ||||||||
Netherlands | 0.28 | 0.28 | ||||||||
New Zealand | 0.23 | 0.23 | ||||||||
Portugal | 0.09 | 0.08 | ||||||||
Sweden | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||||||||
Hong Kong | 0.02 | 0.02 |
2 | Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Bloomberg Professional Services. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 0.6% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash. |
3 | The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Global Clean Energy Index. |
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FUND BASICS
Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF
as of August 31, 2022
FUND SNAPSHOT |
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Market Price1 | $ | 39.52 | ||||
Net Asset Value (NAV)1 | $ | 39.57 |
1 | The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the CBOE BZX Exchange, Inc. (“CBOE BZX”). The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on CBOE BZX at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. |
TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222 | ||||||||||
Holding | % of Net Assets | Line of Business | Country | |||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 5.6 | % | Utilities | United States | ||||||
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A | 5.2 | Industrials | China | |||||||
Enphase Energy, Inc. | 4.5 | Information Technology | United States | |||||||
Edison International | 3.1 | Utilities | United States | |||||||
Vestas Wind Systems A/S | 3.0 | Industrials | Denmark | |||||||
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. | 2.5 | Information Technology | South Korea | |||||||
Sempra Energy | 2.4 | Utilities | United States | |||||||
General Electric Co. | 2.3 | Industrials | United States | |||||||
Iberdrola SA | 2.2 | Utilities | Spain | |||||||
Orsted AS | 2.1 | Utilities | Denmark |
2 | The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments. |
For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.
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GOLDMAN SACHS BLOOMBERG CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY ETF
Performance Summary
August 31, 2022
The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on February 8, 2022 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Global Clean Energy Index (Total Return, Unhedged, USD), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance |
Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from February 8, 2022 through August 31, 2022.
Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022* | Since Inception | |
Shares based on NAV (Commenced February 8, 2022) |
0.45% | |
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Shares based on Market Price (Commenced February 8, 2022) |
0.33% | |
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Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Global Clean Energy Index (TR, unhedged, USD) |
1.40% | |
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* | Total return for periods of less than one year represents cumulative total return. Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
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Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Investment Objective
The Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR) (the “Index”).
Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis
Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).
Q | How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period? |
A | During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -14.48% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -14.46% based on market price. The Index returned -14.37%, and the S&P 500® Index (Total Return, Unhedged, USD) (“S&P 500® Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, returned -11.23% during the same period. |
The Fund had an NAV of $70.00 on August 31, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $58.98 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $58.99 per share. |
Q | What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period? |
A | The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns. |
The Index’s performance is compared to that of the S&P 500® Index below. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the S&P 500® Index. |
During the Reporting Period, the Index posted a double-digit negative absolute return that underperformed the S&P 500® Index. The Fund also underperformed the S&P 500® Index during the Reporting Period, as measured by NAV. |
Q | Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most? |
A | Index constituents in the information technology, communication services and consumer discretionary sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500® Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the energy, utilities and consumer staples sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500® Index. |
Q | Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period? |
A | Relative to the S&P 500® Index, underweight positions in information technology giant Apple, integrated energy company Exxon Mobil and health care company UnitedHealth Group detracted most (0.20%, 0.22% and 0.20% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Apple delivered a single-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period. Exxon Mobil and UnitedHealth Group each posted a double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period? |
A |
Relative to the S&P 500® Index, underweight positions in communication services giant Meta Platforms, e-commerce retailing behemoth Amazon.com and banking institution JPMorgan Chase contributed most positively (0.20%, 0.19% and 0.21% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2021, respectively). Each of these holdings posted a robust double- |
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digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period? |
A | The Fund did not invest in derivatives or similar instruments during the Reporting Period. The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it may use them to equitize cash. |
Q | What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the S&P 500® Index at the end of the Reporting Period?1 |
Sector Name | Fund2 | Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index |
S&P 500® Index |
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Information Technology | 18.07 | % | 18.02 | % | 27.32 | % | ||||||||
Financials | 12.99 | 12.95 | 10.86 | |||||||||||
Health Care | 12.86 | 12.91 | 14.07 | |||||||||||
Industrials | 12.49 | 12.47 | 7.92 | |||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary | 9.70 | 9.68 | 11.43 | |||||||||||
Consumer Staples | 6.43 | 6.43 | 6.77 | |||||||||||
Real Estate | 6.06 | 6.14 | 2.86 | |||||||||||
Utilities | 5.79 | 5.77 | 3.13 | |||||||||||
Materials | 5.66 | 5.66 | 2.54 | |||||||||||
Energy | 5.55 | 5.57 | 4.67 | |||||||||||
Communication Services | 4.41 | 4.41 | 8.44 |
1Sector | classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Standard & Poor’s. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash. |
2The | Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index. |
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FUND BASICS
Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
as of August 31, 2022
FUND SNAPSHOT |
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As of August 31, 2022 | ||||||
Market Price1 | $ | 58.99 | ||||
Net Asset Value (NAV)1 | $ | 58.98 |
1 | The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Cboe BZX”). The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on Cboe BZX at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. |
TOP TEN HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222 | ||||||||||
Holding | % of Net Assets | Line of Business | Country | |||||||
Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A | 0.3 | % | Information Technology | United States | ||||||
Plug Power, Inc. | 0.3 | Industrials | United States | |||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 0.3 | Energy | United States | |||||||
Constellation Energy Corp. | 0.3 | Utilities | United States | |||||||
ConocoPhillips | 0.3 | Energy | United States | |||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 0.3 | Health Care | United States | |||||||
EQT Corp. | 0.3 | Energy | United States | |||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 0.3 | Energy | United States | |||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 0.2 | Energy | United States | |||||||
APA Corp. | 0.2 | Energy | United States |
2 | The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments. |
For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.
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GOLDMAN SACHS EQUAL WEIGHT U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF
Performance Summary
August 31, 2022
The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on September 12, 2017 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market cap-based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR) and the S&P® 500 Index (Total Return, Unhedged, USD), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance |
Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from September 12, 2017 through August 31, 2022.
Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022* | 1 Year | Since Inception | ||
Shares based on NAV (Commenced September 12, 2017) |
-14.48% | 9.52% | ||
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Shares based on Market Price (Commenced September 12, 2017) |
-14.46% | 9.52% | ||
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Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index (GTR) |
-14.37% | 9.69% | ||
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S&P 500® Index (TR, unhedged, USD) |
-11.23% | 11.66% | ||
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* | Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns. |
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Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF
Investment Objective
The Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index® (the “Index”).
Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis
Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).
Q | How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period? |
A | During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -26.95% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -26.87% based on market price. The Index returned -26.63%, and the S&P 500® Index (Unhedged) (“S&P 500® Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, returned -11.23% during the same period. |
The Fund had an NAV of $103.18 on August 31, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $75.37 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $75.47 per share. |
Q | What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period?1 |
A | The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns. |
The Index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities whose performance is expected to influence the long portfolios of hedge funds. Such equity securities are defined as those that appear most frequently among the top ten equity holdings of U.S. hedge fund managers that select their investments based upon fundamental analysis. Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (the “Index Provider”) is the provider of the Index, which is constructed in accordance with a rules-based methodology. Hedge fund managers report their U.S. equity holdings, which are made public 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. The Index is normally reconstituted and rebalanced on a quarterly basis once the information has been fully disseminated. The construction of the Index involves accessing the identifiers and share counts of U.S. equity holdings disclosed by hedge fund managers in their quarterly 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Index is constructed to then apply share prices at the time of data collection to the numbers of shares listed in each 13F disclosure filing to calculate the dollar market value of each reported position. U.S. hedge fund managers that select their investments based upon fundamental analysis are assumed to be U.S. hedge fund managers with no fewer than 10 and more than 200 distinct U.S. equity positions, as reported in the hedge fund managers’ most recent Form 13F filings. Managers with less than $10 million of disclosed equity assets are excluded. The equity positions are then ranked within each individual hedge fund manager’s portfolio by descending market value. The approximately 50 stocks that appear most frequently in the top 10 holdings of this universe then become the Index constituents. Constituents are equal dollar-weighted at each rebalance. |
The Index’s performance is compared to that of the S&P 500® Index below. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the S&P 500® Index. |
During the Reporting Period, the Index posted a double-digit negative absolute return that underperformed the S&P 500® |
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1 | Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were eliminated during the most recent rebalance given the Index construction methodology or were not held at all during the Reporting Period as they did not meet the Fund’s investment criteria. |
PORTFOLIO RESULTS
Index. The Fund also underperformed the S&P 500® Index during the Reporting Period, as measured by NAV. |
Q | Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most? |
A | Index constituents in the information technology, communication services and consumer discretionary sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500® Index during the Reporting Period. Partially offsetting these detractors were Index constituents in the industrials, utilities and health care sectors, which contributed positively to the Index’s results relative to the S&P 500® Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period? |
A | Relative to the S&P 500® Index, positions in information technology software and services provider Sea, e-commerce retailer Shopify and financial services and digital payments conglomerate Block, each of which is not a component of the S&P 500® Index, detracted most (0.00%1, 1.97% and 0.00% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Each of these holdings generated a robust double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period? |
A | Relative to the S&P 500® Index, an overweight position in semiconductor company Xilinx as well as positions in cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike Holdings and natural gas and electricity utilities company PG&E, which are not components of the S&P 500® Index, contributed most positively (0.00%1, 0.00% and 0.00% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Each of these holdings generated a double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period? |
A | The Fund did not invest in derivatives or similar instruments during the Reporting Period. The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it may use them to equitize excess cash. |
1 | Some weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were eliminated during the most recent rebalance given the Index construction methodology or were not held at all during the Reporting Period as they did not meet the Fund’s investment criteria. |
Q | What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the S&P 500® Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2 |
Sector Name | Fund3 | GS Hedge Fund VIP IndexTM |
S&P 500® Index |
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Information Technology | 33.60 | % | 33.60 | % | 27.32 | % | ||||||||
Communication Services | 15.94 | 15.94 | 8.42 | |||||||||||
Health Care | 12.44 | 12.44 | 14.07 | |||||||||||
Financials | 12.06 | 12.06 | 10.86 | |||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary | 11.47 | 11.47 | 11.43 | |||||||||||
Energy | 6.78 | 6.78 | 4.67 | |||||||||||
Industrials | 5.75 | 5.75 | 7.92 | |||||||||||
Materials | 1.96 | 1.96 | 2.54 | |||||||||||
Consumer Staples | — | — | 6.77 | |||||||||||
Utilities | — | — | 3.13 | |||||||||||
Real Estate | — | — | 2.86 |
2 | Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Standard & Poor’s. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash. |
3 | The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index®. |
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FUND BASICS
Hedge Industry VIP ETF
as of August 31, 2022
FUND SNAPSHOT |
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As of August 31, 2022 | ||||||
Market Price1 | $ | 75.47 | ||||
Net Asset Value (NAV)1 | $ | 75.37 |
1 | The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. |
TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222 | ||||||||||
Holding | % of Net Assets | Line of Business | Country | |||||||
EQT Corp. | 2.3 | % | Energy | United States | ||||||
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 2.3 | Information Technology | United States | |||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 2.3 | Energy | United States | |||||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 2.2 | Energy | United States | |||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR | 2.2 | Consumer Discretionary | China | |||||||
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd. | 2.2 | Health Care | United States | |||||||
Zendesk, Inc. | 2.2 | Information Technology | United States | |||||||
Elastic NV | 2.1 | Information Technology | United States | |||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | 2.1 | Health Care | United States | |||||||
T-Mobile US, Inc. | 2.1 | Communication Services | United States |
2 | The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments. |
For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.
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GOLDMAN SACH HEDGE INDUSTRY VIP ETF
Performance Summary
August 31, 2022
The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on November 1, 2016 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market cap- based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index™ and the S&P 500® Index (Total Return, USD), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF’s Lifetime Performance |
Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from November 1, 2016 through August 31, 2022.
Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022* | 1 Year Return | 5 Year Return | Since Inception | |||
Shares based on NAV (Commenced November 1, 2016) |
-26.95% | 8.72% | 11.87% | |||
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Shares based on Market Price (Commenced November 1, 2016) |
-26.87% | 8.74% | 11.89% | |||
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Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP Index™ |
-26.63% | 9.24% | 12.40% | |||
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S&P 500® Index (Total Return, USD) |
-11.23% | 11.82% | 13.41% | |||
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* | Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns. |
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PORTFOLIO RESULTS
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF
Investment objective
The Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index (the “Index”).
Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis
Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).
Q | How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period? |
A | During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -30.35% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -30.55% based on market price. The Index returned -30.41% during the same period. |
The Fund had an NAV of $63.23 per share on August 31, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $43.67 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $43.62 per share. |
Q | What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period? |
A | The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns. |
Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. Also, unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not attempt to outperform the Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. |
During the Reporting Period, the Fund recorded negative absolute returns that closely tracked the Index, as measured by NAV. During the Reporting Period, all five of the Key Themes detracted from the Index’s performance. |
Q | Which individual stock positions contributed the least to the Index’s returns during the Reporting Period? |
A | Positions in Meta Platforms, a U.S. technology conglomerate; Alibaba Group, a Chinese multinational technology company; and Block, a U.S. mobile payments platform (2.11%, 1.24% and 0.55% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively) contributed the least to Index returns. Each of these holdings posted a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s returns during the Reporting Period? |
A | During the Reporting Period, the Index benefited most from positions in Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company; Eli Lilly and Company, a U.S. pharmaceutical firm; and iRhythm Technologies, a U.S.-based firm that develops digital tools, including wearable biosensing technology, to diagnose cardiac arrhythmias (0.49%, 0.69% and 0.12% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Company each recorded a double-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period, while iRhythm Technologies generated a strong triple-digit positive return within the Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period? |
A |
During the Reporting Period, the Fund did not invest in derivatives or similar instruments. The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it may use them to equitize excess cash. |
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Q | What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?1 |
Sector Name | Fund2 | Index | ||||||||
Information Technology | 31.98 | % | 31.92 | % | ||||||
Health Care | 20.74 | 20.70 | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary | 15.44 | 15.41 | ||||||||
Communication Services | 12.94 | 12.86 | ||||||||
Financials | 9.47 | 9.51 | ||||||||
Industrials | 5.83 | 5.82 | ||||||||
Utilities | 1.37 | 1.50 | ||||||||
Energy | 0.95 | 0.94 | ||||||||
Consumer Staples | 0.65 | 0.65 | ||||||||
Real Estate | 0.64 | 0.64 |
Q | What was the Fund’s country positioning relative to the Index at the end of the Reporting Period?1 |
Country Name | Fund2 | Index | ||||||||
U.S. | 70.28 | % | 70.21 | % | ||||||
China | 6.52 | 6.51 | ||||||||
Japan | 3.91 | 3.90 | ||||||||
Germany | 2.83 | 2.82 | ||||||||
United Kingdom | 2.29 | 2.29 | ||||||||
Switzerland | 2.24 | 2.23 | ||||||||
Canada | 2.17 | 2.16 | ||||||||
France | 1.81 | 1.80 | ||||||||
Netherlands | 1.13 | 1.12 | ||||||||
South Korea | 0.95 | 0.95 | ||||||||
Ireland | 0.88 | 0.88 | ||||||||
Israel | 0.75 | 0.75 | ||||||||
Taiwan | 0.61 | 0.61 | ||||||||
Singapore | 0.59 | 0.59 | ||||||||
Uruguay | 0.53 | 0.52 | ||||||||
Denmark | 0.52 | 0.51 | ||||||||
Hong Kong | 0.42 | 0.42 | ||||||||
Brazil | 0.36 | 0.36 | ||||||||
Australia | 0.28 | 0.28 | ||||||||
Finland | 0.22 | 0.22 | ||||||||
Sweden | 0.19 | 0.19 | ||||||||
Belgium | 0.15 | 0.15 | ||||||||
Czech Republic | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||||||||
Cayman Islands | 0.07 | 0.06 | ||||||||
Isle of Man | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||||||||
Luxembourg | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||||||||
Spain | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||||||
Austria | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||||||
United Arab Emirates | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||||||
Russia | 0.01 | — | ||||||||
India | — | 0.14 |
1 | Country and sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by Solactive. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash. |
2 | The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. |
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FUND BASICS
Innovate Equity ETF
as of August 31, 2022
FUND SNAPSHOT |
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As of August 31, 2022 | ||||||
Market Price1 | $ | 43.62 | ||||
Net Asset Value (NAV)1 | $ | 43.67 |
1 | The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. |
TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222 | ||||||||||
Holding | % of Net Assets | Line of Business | Country | |||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A | 2.1 | % | Communication Services | United States | ||||||
Apple, Inc. | 2.1 | Information Technology | United States | |||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 2.0 | Information Technology | United States | |||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A | 2.0 | Communication Services | United States | |||||||
Amazon.com, Inc. | 1.9 | Consumer Discretionary | United States | |||||||
NVIDIA Corp. | 1.7 | Information Technology | United States | |||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR | 1.2 | Consumer Discretionary | China | |||||||
Tesla, Inc. | 1.1 | Consumer Discretionary | United States | |||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 0.8 | Health Care | United States | |||||||
Intel Corp. | 0.8 | Information Technology | United States |
2 | The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments. |
For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.
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GOLDMAN SACHS INNOVATE EQUITY ETF
Performance Summary
August 31, 2022
The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on November 6, 2020 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index, the Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index (Net Total Return, USD), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, is shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance |
Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from November 6, 2020 through August 31, 2022.
Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022* | 1 Year Return | Since Inception | ||
Shares based on NAV (Commenced November 6, 2020) |
-30.35% | -6.63% | ||
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Shares based on Market Price (Commenced November 6, 2020) |
-30.55% | -6.69% | ||
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Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index (Net Total Return, USD) |
-30.41% | -6.44% | ||
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* | Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculations assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns. |
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PORTFOLIO RESULTS
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Investment Objective
The Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index (the “Index”).
Portfolio Management Discussion and Analysis
Below, the Goldman Sachs Quantitative Investment Strategies Team discusses the Fund’s performance and positioning for the 12-month period ended August 31, 2022 (the “Reporting Period”).
Q | How did the Fund perform during the Reporting Period? |
A | During the Reporting Period, the Fund returned -12.53% based on net asset value (“NAV”) and -12.38% based on market price. The Index returned -12.37%, and the Russell 1000® Index (Total Return, Unhedged, USD) (“Russell 1000® Index”), a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, returned -12.96% during the same period. |
The Fund had an NAV of $65.65 on August 31, 2021 and ended the Reporting Period with an NAV of $56.72 per share. The Fund’s market price on August 31, 2022 was $56.84 per share. |
Q | What key factors were responsible for the Fund’s performance during the Reporting Period? |
A | The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the Index. The Fund’s performance reflects Fund expenses, including management fees and brokerage expenses. The Fund’s relative performance also reflects the impact of any cash held in the Fund as well as any other differences between the Fund’s holdings and the constituents of the Index. The Index is unmanaged, and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses, which would reduce returns. |
The Index’s performance is compared to that of the Russell 1000® Index below. Given the Fund’s investment objective of attempting to track the Index, the Fund does not follow traditional methods of active investment management, which may involve buying and selling securities based upon analysis of economic and market factors. The Fund does not follow a strategy of seeking to outperform the Russell 1000® Index. |
During the Reporting Period, the Index posted a double-digit negative absolute return but modestly outperformed the Russell 1000® Index. The Fund also modestly outperformed the Russell 1000® Index during the Reporting Period, as measured by NAV. |
Q | Which sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s relative performance during the Reporting Period, and which detracted most? |
A | Index constituents in the communication services, health care and consumer staples sectors contributed most positively to the Index’s results relative to the Russell 1000® Index during the Reporting Period. Index constituents in the consumer discretionary, information technology and financials sectors detracted most from the Index’s results relative to the Russell 1000® Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | Which individual stock positions contributed the most to the Index’s relative returns during the Reporting Period? |
A | Relative to the Russell 1000® Index, an underweight position in communication services giant Meta Platforms and overweight positions in integrated energy companies Exxon Mobil and Chevron contributed most positively (0.00%,1 1.49% and 1.15% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Meta Platforms generated a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period, while Exxon Mobil and Chevron each posted a double-digit gain within the Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | Which individual stock positions detracted the most from the Index’s results during the Reporting Period? |
A | Relative to the Russell 1000® Index, positions in e-commerce retailing behemoth Amazon.com, payment |
1Some | weights are 0.00% at August 31, 2022 either because those positions were eliminated during the most recent rebalance given the Index construction methodology or were not held at all during the Reporting Period as they did not meet the Fund’s investment criteria. |
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PORTFOLIO RESULTS
transactions services provider PayPal Holdings and semiconductor company Broadcom detracted most (4.41%, 0.40% and 0.63% of Fund net assets as of August 31, 2022, respectively). Each of these holdings generated a double-digit negative return within the Index during the Reporting Period. |
Q | How did the Fund use derivatives and similar instruments during the Reporting Period? |
A | The Fund did not invest in derivatives or similar instruments during the Reporting Period. The Fund does not employ derivatives as a source of alpha generation, although it may use them to equitize excess cash. |
Q | What was the Fund’s sector positioning relative to the Index and the Russell 1000® Index at the end of the Reporting Period?2 |
Sector Name | Fund3 | JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index |
Russell 1000® Index |
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Information Technology | 28.63 | % | 28.63 | % | 26.74 | % | ||||||||
Health Care | 14.25 | 14.25 | 13.73 | |||||||||||
Financials | 10.79 | 10.79 | 11.26 | |||||||||||
Consumer Discretionary | 10.57 | 10.58 | 11.44 | |||||||||||
Industrials | 8.17 | 8.17 | 8.67 | |||||||||||
Communication Services | 7.38 | 7.38 | 8.00 | |||||||||||
Consumer Staples | 6.51 | 6.51 | 6.37 | |||||||||||
Energy | 4.91 | 4.91 | 4.69 | |||||||||||
Real Estate | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.32 | |||||||||||
Utilities | 2.97 | 2.97 | 3.03 | |||||||||||
Materials | 2.46 | 2.47 | 2.76 |
2 | Sector classifications for securities may differ between the above listing and the Schedule of Investments due to differing classification methodologies. The classification methodology used for the above listing is as set forth by GICS. The Fund’s composition may differ over time. Consequently, the Fund’s overall sector allocations may differ from percentages contained in the chart above. The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of market value (excluding investment in the securities lending reinvestment vehicle, if any). Underlying sector allocation of exchange-traded funds held by the Fund are not reflected in the chart above. Investments in the securities lending vehicle represented 2.1% of the Fund’s net assets as of August 31, 2022. Figures above may not sum to 100% due to rounding due to the presence of cash. |
3 | The Fund seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index. |
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FUND BASICS
JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
as of August 31, 2022
FUND SNAPSHOT |
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As of August 31, 2022 | ||||||
Market Price1 | $ | 56.84 | ||||
Net Asset Value (NAV)1 | $ | 56.72 |
1 | The Market Price is the price at which the Fund’s shares are trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. The Market Price of the Fund’s shares will fluctuate and, at the time of sale, shares may be worth more or less than the original investment or the Fund’s then current net asset value (“NAV”). The NAV is the market value of one share of the Fund. This amount is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the Fund’s portfolio, plus other assets, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Fund shares are not individually redeemable and are issued and redeemed by the Fund at their NAV only in large, specified blocks of shares called creation units. Shares otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading at market price (not NAV). Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Information regarding how often shares of the Fund traded on NYSE Arca at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Fund can be found at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. |
TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS OF 8/31/222 | ||||||||
Holding | % of Net Assets | Line of Business | ||||||
Apple, Inc. | 7.6 | % | Information Technology | |||||
Microsoft Corp. | 6.2 | Information Technology | ||||||
Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.4 | Consumer Discretionary | ||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A | 2.1 | Communication Services | ||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C | 1.9 | Communication Services | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 1.5 | Health Care | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1.5 | Energy | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 1.4 | Consumer Staples | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 1.3 | Health Care | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1.3 | Financials |
2 | The top 10 holdings may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments. |
For more information about the Fund, please refer to www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs. There, you can learn more about the Fund’s investment strategies, holdings, and performance.
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GOLDMAN SACHS JUST U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF
Performance Summary
August 31, 2022
The following graph shows the value, as of August 31, 2022, of a $10,000 investment made on June 7, 2018 (commencement of operations) in Shares at NAV. For comparative purposes, the performance of the Fund’s underlying index and a market-cap based index against which the performance of the Fund is measured, the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index and the Russell 1000® Index (Total Return, USD), respectively, are shown. Performance reflects applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations in effect during the periods shown and in their absence, performance would be reduced. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. In addition to the performance of constituents of the underlying index, other factors may affect Fund performance. These factors include, but are not limited to, Fund operating fees and expenses, portfolio turnover and creation and redemption in-kind transactions. The returns set forth below represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Fund’s NAV and investment return may fluctuate. These fluctuations may cause an investor’s shares to be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted below. Please visit our web site at www.GSAMFUNDS.com/ETFs to obtain the most recent month-end returns.
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF’s Lifetime Performance |
Performance of a $10,000 Investment, with distributions reinvested, from June 7, 2018 through August 31, 2022.
Average Annual Total Return through August 31, 2022* | 1 Year Return | Since Inception | ||
Shares based on NAV (Commenced June 7, 2018) |
-12.53% | 10.25% | ||
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Shares based on Market Price (Commenced June 7, 2018) |
-12.38% | 10.30% | ||
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JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index |
-12.37% | 10.50% | ||
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Russell 1000® Index |
-12.96% | 10.37% | ||
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* | Total returns are calculated assuming purchase of a share at the market price or NAV on the first day and sale of a share at the market price or NAV on the last day of each period reported. The Total Returns based on NAV and Market Price assume the reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase or sale of Fund shares, which if included would lower the performance shown above. The NAV used in the Total Return calculation assumes all management fees incurred by the Fund. Market Price returns are based upon the last trade at 4:00 pm EST and do not reflect the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. The first day of secondary market trading is typically several days after the date on which the Fund commenced investment operations; therefore, the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the period from inception of investment operations to the first day of secondary market trading to calculate the Market Price returns. |
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FUND BASICS
Index Definitions and Industry Terms
Alpha: The excess returns of a fund relative to the return of a benchmark index is the fund’s alpha.
Russell 3000® Index is a market capitalization weighted equity index maintained by the FTSE Russell that provides exposure to the entire U.S. stock market. The index tracks the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S.-traded stocks which represent about 98% of all U.S
incorporated equity securities. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.
Russell 1000® Index is an index of approximately 1,000 of the largest companies in the U.S. equity market. The Russell 1000® is a
subset of the Russell 3000® Index. It represents the top companies by market capitalization. The Russell 1000® typically comprises
approximately 90% of the total market capitalization of all listed U.S. stocks. It is considered a bellwether index for large cap investing. It
is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.
S&P 500® Index is the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index of 500 stocks, an unmanaged index of common stock prices. The Index figures do not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.
Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Global Clean Energy Index is service marks of Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates, including Bloomberg Index Services Limited (“BISL”), the administrator of the index (collectively, “Bloomberg”) and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by Goldman Sachs. “Goldman Sachs®” is a trademark of Goldman Sachs and has been licensed by Bloomberg for use in the name of the Index. Bloomberg is not affiliated with Goldman Sachs, and Bloomberg does not approve, endorse, review, or recommend Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy ETF (the “ETF”). Bloomberg does not guarantee the timeliness, accurateness, or completeness of any data or information relating to the ETF.
Solactive US Large Cap Equal Weight Index is calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Solactive Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Solactive Index to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF. Neither publication of a Solactive Index by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Solactive Index or Solactive Index trade mark for the purpose of use in connection with the Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in said fund nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard to any investment in this fund.
The Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund VIP IndexTM is owned and maintained by the Index Provider. The Index is calculated by Solactive AG. The Index consists of the US-Iisted stocks whose performance is expected to influence the long portfolios of hedge funds. Those stocks are defined as the positions that appear most frequently among the top 10 long equity holdings within the portfolios of fundamentally-driven hedge fund managers. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.
Solactive Innovative Global Equity Index is calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Solactive Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Solactive Index to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF. Neither publication of a Solactive Index by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Solactive Index or Solactive Index trade mark for the purpose of use in connection with the Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in said fund nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard to any investment in this fund.
JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index “JUST” and “JUST Capital” are trademarks of JUST Capital Foundation, Inc. or its affiliates and have been licensed for use in connection with the issuance and distribution of the Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF. JUST Capital Foundation, Inc. and its affiliates do not in any way recommend the purchase, sale or holding of any security based on the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index including the Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, or have any involvement in their operations or distribution. JUST Capital Foundation, Inc., its affiliates, calculation agent, and data providers expressly disclaim all representations, warranties, and liabilities relating to or in connection with the Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF (including, without limitation, any warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose). Frank Russell Company (“Russell”) acts solely as calculation agent in respect of the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index. Russell does not in any way sponsor, support, promote or endorse the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index or the Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF. In no event shall any Russell party have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential (including without limitation, lost profits) or any other damages in connection with the JUST US Large Cap Diversified Index. The index provider may delay or change a scheduled rebalancing or reconstitution of the Index or the implementation of certain rules at its sole discretion.
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GOLDMAN SACHS BLOOMBERG CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY ETF
August 31, 2022
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – 99.7% | ||||||||
Belgium – 1.0% | ||||||||
126 | Elia Group SA/NV (Utilities) | $ | 18,359 | |||||
1,887 | Umicore SA (Materials) | 60,245 | ||||||
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78,604 | ||||||||
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Brazil – 0.4% | ||||||||
2,834 | Alupar Investimento SA (Utilities) | 15,562 | ||||||
1,732 | Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (Utilities) | 15,415 | ||||||
614 | Cosan SA (Energy) | 2,368 | ||||||
187 | Energisa SA (Utilities) | 1,526 | ||||||
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34,871 | ||||||||
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Canada – 4.5% | ||||||||
2,861 | Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (Utilities) | 39,411 | ||||||
440 | Atco Ltd., Class I (Utilities) | 15,623 | ||||||
2,289 | Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (Industrials)* | 17,916 | ||||||
962 | Boralex, Inc., Class A (Utilities) | 36,361 | ||||||
60 | Capital Power Corp. (Utilities) | 2,334 | ||||||
2,020 | Fortis, Inc. (Utilities) | 89,370 | ||||||
1,352 | Hydro One Ltd. (Utilities)(a) | 36,711 | ||||||
1,450 | Innergex Renewable Energy, Inc. (Utilities) | 21,978 | ||||||
2,144 | Northland Power, Inc. (Utilities) | 73,606 | ||||||
90 | SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc. (Industrials) | 1,746 | ||||||
1,029 | TransAlta Renewables, Inc. (Utilities) | 13,656 | ||||||
60 | WSP Global, Inc. (Industrials) | 7,171 | ||||||
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355,883 | ||||||||
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China – 21.8% | ||||||||
1,300 | Beijing Easpring Material Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 14,828 | ||||||
6,500 | Beijing Jingyuntong Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology) | 8,005 | ||||||
2,200 | BYD Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Discretionary) | 91,906 | ||||||
8,100 | CECEP Solar Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)* | 9,494 | ||||||
13,600 | CECEP Wind-Power Corp., Class A (Utilities) | 9,845 | ||||||
7,000 | China Baoan Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 14,988 | ||||||
21,384 | China Datang Corp Renewable Power Co. Ltd., Class H (Utilities) | 5,367 | ||||||
30,056 | China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., Class H (Utilities) | 48,709 | ||||||
51,000 | China National Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities) | 47,127 | ||||||
7,640 | China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd., Class H (Energy) | 3,436 | ||||||
76,000 | China Three Gorges Renewables Group Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities) | 67,251 | ||||||
5,900 | Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials)* | 413,386 | ||||||
353 | Daqo New Energy Corp. ADR (Information Technology)* | 23,534 | ||||||
5,000 | Eve Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 68,898 | ||||||
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Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
China – (continued) | ||||||||
15,800 | GCL System Integration Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)* | 8,412 | ||||||
12,700 | GEM Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials) | 15,383 | ||||||
950 | Ginlong Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 31,662 | ||||||
4,400 | Gotion High-tech Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 21,931 | ||||||
5,100 | Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials) | 35,179 | ||||||
3,580 | Hangzhou First Applied Material Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology) | 33,694 | ||||||
2,000 | Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology) | 6,177 | ||||||
4,660 | JA Solar Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology) | 44,325 | ||||||
3,400 | Jilin Electric Power Co. Ltd., Class A (Utilities)* | 3,235 | ||||||
231 | JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. ADR (Information Technology)* | 14,061 | ||||||
20,160 | LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology) | 149,733 | ||||||
920 | Luoyang Xinqianglian Slewing Bearing Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 9,750 | ||||||
5,600 | Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 21,795 | ||||||
1,200 | Ningbo Ronbay New Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 18,033 | ||||||
132 | NXP Semiconductors NV (Information Technology) | 21,725 | ||||||
2,400 | Risen Energy Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology)* | 10,152 | ||||||
200 | Shanghai Putailai New Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials) | 1,839 | ||||||
900 | Shenzhen Capchem Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials) | 5,490 | ||||||
400 | Shenzhen Dynanonic Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials) | 18,597 | ||||||
400 | Shenzhen SC New Energy Technology Corp., Class A (Information Technology) | 7,717 | ||||||
3,096 | Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials) | 10,375 | ||||||
3,900 | Sungrow Power Supply Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 63,024 | ||||||
480 | Suzhou Maxwell Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 32,587 | ||||||
4,600 | TBEA Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 16,535 | ||||||
8,600 | TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology) | 60,019 | ||||||
4,900 | Titan Wind Energy Suzhou Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 9,845 | ||||||
12,000 | Tongwei Co. Ltd., Class A (Consumer Staples) | 92,051 | ||||||
480 | Wuhan DR Laser Technology Corp. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology) | 13,982 | ||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued)
August 31, 2022
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
China – (continued) | ||||||||
1,020 | Wuxi Shangji Automation Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | $ | 19,956 | |||||
1,700 | Xiamen Tungsten Co. Ltd., Class A (Materials) | 6,237 | ||||||
9,300 | Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 17,309 | ||||||
1,458 | Xinte Energy Co. Ltd., Class H (Industrials) | 3,827 | ||||||
842 | Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd. (Industrials) | 1,562 | ||||||
17,902 | Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd. (Information Technology) | 24,724 | ||||||
2,600 | Zhejiang Chint Electrics Co. Ltd., Class A (Industrials) | 11,930 | ||||||
3,400 | Zhejiang Jingsheng Mechanical & Electrical Co. Ltd., Class A (Information Technology) | 37,484 | ||||||
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1,727,111 | ||||||||
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Czech Republic – 0.4% | ||||||||
685 | CEZ AS (Utilities) | 27,740 | ||||||
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Denmark – 5.1% | ||||||||
1,691 | Orsted AS (Utilities)(a) | 166,190 | ||||||
9,507 | Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Industrials) | 239,619 | ||||||
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405,809 | ||||||||
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Finland – 1.3% | ||||||||
218 | Fortum OYJ (Utilities) | 2,246 | ||||||
2,026 | Neste OYJ (Energy) | 100,334 | ||||||
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102,580 | ||||||||
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France – 2.4% | ||||||||
11,044 | Electricite de France SA (Utilities) | 132,542 | ||||||
899 | Engie SA (Utilities) | 10,729 | ||||||
526 | Neoen SA (Utilities)(a) | 21,791 | ||||||
285 | Vinci SA (Industrials) | 26,437 | ||||||
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191,499 | ||||||||
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Germany – 2.6% | ||||||||
462 | BASF SE (Materials) | 19,544 | ||||||
1,023 | Encavis AG (Utilities) | 21,962 | ||||||
9,121 | E.ON SE (Utilities) | 78,050 | ||||||
616 | Infineon Technologies AG (Information Technology) | 15,052 | ||||||
1,048 | Nordex SE (Industrials)* | 10,123 | ||||||
321 | RWE AG (Utilities) | 12,292 | ||||||
1,864 | Siemens Energy AG (Industrials) | 27,506 | ||||||
192 | VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (Energy) | 12,347 | ||||||
66 | Wacker Chemie AG (Materials) | 9,427 | ||||||
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206,303 | ||||||||
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India – 1.7% | ||||||||
4,247 | Adani Green Energy Ltd. (Utilities)* | 130,214 | ||||||
55,006 | Suzlon Energy Ltd. (Industrials)* | 5,676 | ||||||
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135,890 | ||||||||
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Israel – 0.3% | ||||||||
9,093 | Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. (Utilities)* | 22,311 | ||||||
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Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Italy – 2.7% | ||||||||
29,461 | Enel SpA (Utilities) | 139,102 | ||||||
1,274 | Eni SpA (Energy) | 15,127 | ||||||
533 | ERG SpA (Utilities) | 16,958 | ||||||
437 | Hera SpA (Utilities) | 1,098 | ||||||
6,033 | Terna – Rete Elettrica Nazionale (Utilities) | 43,072 | ||||||
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|
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215,357 | ||||||||
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|
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Japan – 1.9% | ||||||||
220 | Denso Corp. (Consumer Discretionary) | 12,142 | ||||||
485 | Hitachi Ltd. (Industrials) | 24,477 | ||||||
166 | Kyocera Corp. (Information Technology) | 9,314 | ||||||
857 | Marubeni Corp. (Industrials) | 8,976 | ||||||
257 | Nidec Corp. (Industrials) | 17,286 | ||||||
1,122 | Panasonic Holdings Corp. (Consumer Discretionary) | 9,170 | ||||||
582 | Renesas Electronics Corp. (Information Technology)* | 5,559 | ||||||
351 | RENOVA, Inc. (Utilities)* | 7,710 | ||||||
44 | Rohm Co. Ltd. (Information Technology) | 3,339 | ||||||
3,289 | SUMCO Corp. (Information Technology) | 45,316 | ||||||
207 | West Holdings Corp. (Utilities) | 6,623 | ||||||
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149,912 | ||||||||
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New Zealand – 0.2% | ||||||||
3,406 | Contact Energy Ltd. (Utilities) | 16,455 | ||||||
595 | Meridian Energy Ltd. (Utilities) | 1,826 | ||||||
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18,281 | ||||||||
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|
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Norway – 0.2% | ||||||||
9,162 | NEL ASA (Industrials)* | 13,576 | ||||||
|
|
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Portugal – 0.1% | ||||||||
1,425 | EDP – Energias de Portugal SA (Utilities) | 6,824 | ||||||
|
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Singapore – 0.2% | ||||||||
335 | STMicroelectronics NV (Information Technology) | 11,704 | ||||||
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|
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South Africa – 0.2% | ||||||||
1,098 | Scatec ASA (Utilities)(a) | 11,208 | ||||||
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|
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South Korea – 4.7% | ||||||||
188 | CS Wind Corp. (Industrials) | 9,656 | ||||||
172 | Ecopro Co. Ltd. (Materials) | 14,775 | ||||||
437 | Hanwha Solutions Corp. (Materials)* | 17,185 | ||||||
217 | L&F Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)* | 37,396 | ||||||
179 | LG Chem Ltd. (Materials) | 84,579 | ||||||
164 | OCI Co. Ltd. (Materials) | 14,407 | ||||||
440 | Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Information Technology) | 196,718 | ||||||
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374,716 | ||||||||
|
|
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Spain – 3.1% | ||||||||
101 | Acciona SA (Utilities) | 19,814 | ||||||
16,527 | Iberdrola SA (Utilities) | 172,586 | ||||||
2,123 | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (Industrials)* | 38,266 | ||||||
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32 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS BLOOMBERG CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY ETF
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Spain – (continued) | ||||||||
725 | Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente SA (Utilities)* | $ | 15,441 | |||||
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246,107 | ||||||||
|
|
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Sweden – 0.1% | ||||||||
397 | PowerCell Sweden AB (Industrials)* | 6,515 | ||||||
|
|
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Switzerland – 0.6% | ||||||||
847 | ABB Ltd. (Industrials) | 23,406 | ||||||
86 | BKW AG (Utilities) | 10,451 | ||||||
25,650 | Meyer Burger Technology AG (Information Technology)*(b) | 12,889 | ||||||
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46,746 | ||||||||
|
|
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Taiwan – 0.6% | ||||||||
952 | Delta Electronics, Inc. (Information Technology) | 8,226 | ||||||
4,777 | Sino-American Silicon Products, Inc. (Information Technology) | 26,288 | ||||||
13,080 | United Renewable Energy Co. Ltd. (Information Technology)* | 9,905 | ||||||
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44,419 | ||||||||
|
|
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Thailand – 0.4% | ||||||||
14,813 | Energy Absolute PCL NVDR (Utilities) | 34,633 | ||||||
|
|
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United Kingdom – 3.6% | ||||||||
1,258 | Ceres Power Holdings PLC (Industrials)* | 9,503 | ||||||
3,781 | Drax Group PLC (Utilities) | 27,981 | ||||||
4,682 | ITM Power PLC (Industrials)*(b) | 10,765 | ||||||
11,894 | National Grid PLC (Utilities) | 149,194 | ||||||
4,567 | SSE PLC (Utilities) | 87,817 | ||||||
|
|
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285,260 | ||||||||
|
|
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United States – 39.6% | ||||||||
2,798 | AES Corp. (The) (Utilities) | 71,209 | ||||||
29 | ALLETE, Inc. (Utilities) | 1,716 | ||||||
129 | Alliant Energy Corp. (Utilities) | 7,874 | ||||||
292 | Ameresco, Inc., Class A (Industrials)* | 20,104 | ||||||
254 | American Electric Power Co., Inc. (Utilities) | 25,451 | ||||||
282 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (Consumer Staples) | 24,785 | ||||||
1,350 | Array Technologies, Inc. (Industrials)* | 28,215 | ||||||
307 | Avangrid, Inc. (Utilities) | 15,166 | ||||||
1,496 | Bloom Energy Corp., Class A (Industrials)* | 38,013 | ||||||
1,206 | Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A (Utilities) | 46,477 | ||||||
77 | Bunge Ltd. (Consumer Staples) | 7,636 | ||||||
355 | Clearway Energy, Inc., Class C (Utilities) | 13,171 | ||||||
178 | Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Utilities) | 17,398 | ||||||
407 | Dominion Energy, Inc. (Utilities) | 33,293 | ||||||
88 | DTE Energy Co. (Utilities) | 11,470 | ||||||
387 | Duke Energy Corp. (Utilities) | 41,374 | ||||||
3,603 | Edison International (Utilities) | 244,175 | ||||||
26 | EMCOR Group, Inc. (Industrials) | 3,092 | ||||||
297 | Emerson Electric Co. (Industrials) | 24,277 | ||||||
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|
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Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
United States – (continued) | ||||||||
1,249 | Enphase Energy, Inc. (Information Technology)* | 357,764 | ||||||
299 | Enviva, Inc. (Energy) | 20,786 | ||||||
487 | Exelon Corp. (Utilities) | 21,384 | ||||||
888 | First Solar, Inc. (Information Technology)* | 113,264 | ||||||
3,418 | FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Industrials)* | 14,321 | ||||||
268 | Generac Holdings, Inc. (Industrials)* | 59,070 | ||||||
2,445 | General Electric Co. (Industrials) | 179,561 | ||||||
1,885 | Gevo, Inc. (Energy)* | 5,900 | ||||||
497 | Green Plains, Inc. (Energy)* | 18,205 | ||||||
807 | Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. REIT (Financials) | 31,893 | ||||||
422 | Itron, Inc. (Information Technology)* | 20,079 | ||||||
30 | MasTec, Inc. (Industrials)* | 2,415 | ||||||
5,180 | NextEra Energy, Inc. (Utilities) | 440,611 | ||||||
222 | ON Semiconductor Corp. (Information Technology)* | 15,267 | ||||||
426 | Ormat Technologies, Inc. (Utilities) | 39,822 | ||||||
5,418 | Plug Power, Inc. (Industrials)* | 151,921 | ||||||
252 | Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (Utilities) | 16,219 | ||||||
73 | Quanta Services, Inc. (Industrials) | 10,315 | ||||||
1,944 | QuantumScape Corp. (Consumer Discretionary)*(b) | 21,442 | ||||||
3,289 | REC Silicon ASA (Information Technology)* | 6,830 | ||||||
1,386 | Schneider Electric SE (Industrials) | 165,543 | ||||||
1,130 | Sempra Energy (Utilities) | 186,416 | ||||||
506 | SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (Information Technology)* | 139,641 | ||||||
922 | Sunnova Energy International, Inc. (Utilities)* | 23,253 | ||||||
779 | SunPower Corp. (Industrials)* | 18,696 | ||||||
1,920 | Sunrun, Inc. (Industrials)* | 63,418 | ||||||
312 | Tesla, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary)* | 85,990 | ||||||
432 | Texas Instruments, Inc. (Information Technology) | 71,371 | ||||||
34 | Timken Co. (The) (Industrials) | 2,142 | ||||||
11 | Valmont Industries, Inc. (Industrials) | 3,045 | ||||||
1,169 | Wolfspeed, Inc. (Information Technology)* | 132,646 | ||||||
279 | Xcel Energy, Inc. (Utilities) | 20,716 | ||||||
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|
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3,134,842 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||||
(Cost $7,903,651) | $ | 7,888,701 | ||||||
|
|
Shares | Description | Rate | Value | |||||||
Preferred Stock – 0.1% | ||||||||||
Brazil – 0.1% | ||||||||||
1,040 | Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, Class B (Utilities) |
|||||||||
(Cost $8,759) | 3.33 | % | $ | 9,615 | ||||||
|
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SECURITIES LENDING REINVESTMENT VEHICLE |
| |||||||||
(Cost $7,912,410) | $ | 7,898,316 | ||||||||
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 33 |
GOLDMAN SACHS BLOOMBERG CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)
August 31, 2022
Shares | Dividend Rate |
Value | ||||||
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.6%(c) | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund – Institutional Shares |
| |||||||
45,842 | 2.154 | % | $ | 45,842 | ||||
(Cost $45,842) |
| |||||||
|
||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 100.4% |
| |||||||
(Cost $7,958,252) |
|
$ | 7,944,158 | |||||
|
||||||||
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS – (0.4)% |
|
(29,162 | ) | |||||
|
||||||||
NET ASSETS – 100.0% |
|
$ | 7,914,996 | |||||
|
The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. | ||
* |
Non-income producing security. | |
(a) |
Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. | |
(b) |
All or a portion of security is on loan. | |
(c) |
Represents an affiliated issuer. |
| ||
Investment Abbreviations: | ||
ADR |
—American Depositary Receipt | |
NVDR |
—Non-Voting Depository Receipt | |
PLC |
—Public Limited Company | |
REIT |
—Real Estate Investment Trust | |
|
Sector | % of Market Value |
|||
Utilities |
40.9 | % | ||
Industrials |
26.1 | |||
Information Technology |
21.4 | |||
Materials |
3.9 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
2.8 | |||
Energy |
2.3 | |||
Consumer Staples |
1.6 | |||
Financials |
0.4 | |||
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle |
0.6 | |||
| ||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS | 100.0 | % | ||
|
34 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS EQUAL WEIGHT U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments
August 31, 2022
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – 99.7% | ||||||||
Communication Services – 4.4% | ||||||||
16,120 | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | $ | 1,265,259 | |||||
10,968 | Alphabet, Inc., Class A* | 1,186,957 | ||||||
70,469 | AT&T, Inc. | 1,236,026 | ||||||
2,836 | Charter Communications, Inc., Class A* | 1,170,219 | ||||||
33,893 | Comcast Corp., Class A | 1,226,588 | ||||||
9,610 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 1,219,221 | ||||||
11,535 | Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C* | 1,173,109 | ||||||
13,382 | Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.* | 1,209,198 | ||||||
20,512 | Match Group, Inc.* | 1,159,543 | ||||||
7,683 | Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A* | 1,251,791 | ||||||
5,734 | Netflix, Inc.* | 1,281,893 | ||||||
18,443 | Omnicom Group, Inc. | 1,233,837 | ||||||
52,014 | Paramount Global, Class B | 1,216,607 | ||||||
16,449 | Roku, Inc.* | 1,118,532 | ||||||
124,808 | Snap, Inc., Class A* | 1,357,911 | ||||||
10,011 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.* | 1,226,948 | ||||||
8,999 | T-Mobile US, Inc.* | 1,295,496 | ||||||
31,310 | Twitter, Inc.* | 1,213,263 | ||||||
28,462 | Verizon Communications, Inc. | 1,189,996 | ||||||
11,938 | Walt Disney Co. (The)* | 1,338,011 | ||||||
78,787 | Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.* | 1,043,140 | ||||||
29,744 | ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.* | 1,350,972 | ||||||
|
|
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26,964,517 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Discretionary – 9.7% | ||||||||
6,680 | Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 1,126,515 | ||||||
11,447 | Airbnb, Inc., Class A* | 1,294,885 | ||||||
9,296 | Amazon.com, Inc.* | 1,178,454 | ||||||
604 | AutoZone, Inc.* | 1,280,003 | ||||||
33,477 | Bath & Body Works, Inc. | 1,249,696 | ||||||
17,036 | Best Buy Co., Inc. | 1,204,275 | ||||||
661 | Booking Holdings, Inc.* | 1,239,910 | ||||||
8,520 | Burlington Stores, Inc.* | 1,194,419 | ||||||
26,210 | Caesars Entertainment, Inc.* | 1,130,175 | ||||||
12,943 | CarMax, Inc.* | 1,144,679 | ||||||
133,977 | Carnival Corp.* | 1,267,422 | ||||||
820 | Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.* | 1,309,376 | ||||||
10,262 | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 1,269,512 | ||||||
5,163 | Dollar General Corp. | 1,225,799 | ||||||
7,871 | Dollar Tree, Inc.* | 1,067,937 | ||||||
3,309 | Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | 1,230,485 | ||||||
16,406 | DoorDash, Inc., Class A* | 982,719 | ||||||
17,457 | D.R. Horton, Inc. | 1,242,066 | ||||||
25,684 | eBay, Inc. | 1,133,435 | ||||||
11,960 | Etsy, Inc.* | 1,263,096 | ||||||
12,502 | Expedia Group, Inc.* | 1,283,330 | ||||||
82,924 | Ford Motor Co. | 1,263,762 | ||||||
13,278 | Garmin Ltd. | 1,174,970 | ||||||
34,758 | General Motors Co. | 1,328,103 | ||||||
8,553 | Genuine Parts Co. | 1,334,354 | ||||||
9,861 | Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | 1,255,897 | ||||||
4,261 | Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 1,228,958 | ||||||
33,114 | Las Vegas Sands Corp.* | 1,246,080 | ||||||
15,821 | Lennar Corp., Class A | 1,225,336 | ||||||
6,682 | Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 1,297,243 | ||||||
8,105 | Marriott International, Inc., Class A | 1,246,063 | ||||||
4,936 | McDonald’s Corp. | 1,245,254 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary – (continued) | ||||||||
37,737 | MGM Resorts International | 1,231,736 | ||||||
11,355 | NIKE, Inc., Class B | 1,208,740 | ||||||
305 | NVR, Inc.* | 1,262,718 | ||||||
1,827 | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.* | 1,273,638 | ||||||
3,564 | Pool Corp. | 1,208,873 | ||||||
15,614 | Ross Stores, Inc. | 1,347,020 | ||||||
33,248 | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.* | 1,358,181 | ||||||
14,963 | Starbucks Corp. | 1,257,939 | ||||||
87,998 | Stellantis NV | 1,179,173 | ||||||
7,740 | Target Corp. | 1,241,032 | ||||||
4,221 | Tesla, Inc.* | 1,163,350 | ||||||
20,682 | TJX Cos., Inc. (The) | 1,289,523 | ||||||
6,813 | Tractor Supply Co. | 1,261,427 | ||||||
3,496 | Ulta Beauty, Inc.* | 1,467,865 | ||||||
29,095 | VF Corp. | 1,205,988 | ||||||
10,817 | Yum! Brands, Inc. | 1,203,283 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
59,324,694 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Staples – 6.4% | ||||||||
29,225 | Altria Group, Inc. | 1,318,632 | ||||||
15,859 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 1,393,848 | ||||||
17,242 | Brown-Forman Corp., Class B | 1,253,493 | ||||||
13,928 | Bunge Ltd. | 1,381,240 | ||||||
14,761 | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | 1,235,643 | ||||||
8,996 | Clorox Co. (The) | 1,298,483 | ||||||
20,296 | Coca-Cola Co. (The) | 1,252,466 | ||||||
15,996 | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 1,251,047 | ||||||
37,800 | Conagra Brands, Inc. | 1,299,564 | ||||||
5,247 | Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A | 1,291,024 | ||||||
2,374 | Costco Wholesale Corp. | 1,239,465 | ||||||
4,851 | Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A | 1,233,997 | ||||||
17,132 | General Mills, Inc. | 1,315,738 | ||||||
5,711 | Hershey Co. (The) | 1,283,090 | ||||||
26,299 | Hormel Foods Corp. | 1,322,314 | ||||||
9,673 | J M Smucker Co. (The) | 1,354,123 | ||||||
17,527 | Kellogg Co. | 1,274,914 | ||||||
33,384 | Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 1,272,598 | ||||||
9,615 | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 1,226,105 | ||||||
34,777 | Kraft Heinz Co. (The) | 1,300,660 | ||||||
27,564 | Kroger Co. (The) | 1,321,418 | ||||||
14,669 | McCormick & Co., Inc. | 1,233,223 | ||||||
19,900 | Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 1,231,014 | ||||||
13,388 | Monster Beverage Corp.* | 1,189,256 | ||||||
7,355 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 1,267,046 | ||||||
13,008 | Philip Morris International, Inc. | 1,242,134 | ||||||
8,969 | Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 1,237,184 | ||||||
15,004 | Sysco Corp. | 1,233,629 | ||||||
14,888 | Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A | 1,122,258 | ||||||
33,174 | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | 1,163,080 | ||||||
9,832 | Walmart, Inc. | 1,303,232 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
39,341,918 | ||||||||
|
|
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Energy – 5.5% | ||||||||
37,840 | APA Corp. | 1,479,922 | ||||||
50,811 | Baker Hughes Co. | 1,283,486 | ||||||
8,861 | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 1,419,355 | ||||||
8,333 | Chevron Corp. | 1,317,114 | ||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 35 |
GOLDMAN SACHS EQUAL WEIGHT U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)
August 31, 2022
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Energy – (continued) | ||||||||
14,184 | ConocoPhillips | $ | 1,552,439 | |||||
46,105 | Coterra Energy, Inc. | 1,425,106 | ||||||
22,521 | Devon Energy Corp. | 1,590,433 | ||||||
10,584 | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 1,410,635 | ||||||
12,478 | EOG Resources, Inc. | 1,513,581 | ||||||
31,696 | EQT Corp. | 1,515,069 | ||||||
14,100 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1,347,819 | ||||||
45,371 | Halliburton Co. | 1,367,028 | ||||||
12,201 | Hess Corp. | 1,473,637 | ||||||
72,850 | Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 1,334,612 | ||||||
56,436 | Marathon Oil Corp. | 1,444,197 | ||||||
13,875 | Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 1,397,906 | ||||||
20,761 | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 1,474,031 | ||||||
22,029 | ONEOK, Inc. | 1,348,836 | ||||||
15,054 | Phillips 66 | 1,346,731 | ||||||
5,848 | Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 1,480,831 | ||||||
35,876 | Schlumberger NV | 1,368,669 | ||||||
19,244 | Targa Resources Corp. | 1,313,018 | ||||||
11,778 | Valero Energy Corp. | 1,379,439 | ||||||
39,619 | Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | 1,348,235 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
33,932,129 | ||||||||
|
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22,127 | Aflac, Inc. | 1,314,786 | ||||||
11,282 | Allstate Corp. (The) | 1,359,481 | ||||||
39,471 | Ally Financial, Inc. | 1,310,437 | ||||||
8,353 | American Express Co. | 1,269,656 | ||||||
25,265 | American International Group, Inc. | 1,307,464 | ||||||
4,831 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 1,294,756 | ||||||
4,553 | Aon PLC, Class A | 1,271,471 | ||||||
22,621 | Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 1,257,275 | ||||||
29,785 | Arch Capital Group Ltd.* | 1,361,770 | ||||||
7,332 | Arthur J Gallagher & Co. | 1,331,271 | ||||||
38,808 | Bank of America Corp. | 1,304,337 | ||||||
29,950 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) | 1,243,823 | ||||||
4,407 | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B* | 1,237,486 | ||||||
1,903 | BlackRock, Inc. | 1,268,140 | ||||||
12,787 | Blackstone, Inc. | 1,201,211 | ||||||
20,247 | Brown & Brown, Inc. | 1,276,371 | ||||||
11,944 | Capital One Financial Corp. | 1,263,914 | ||||||
18,762 | Charles Schwab Corp. (The) | 1,331,164 | ||||||
7,000 | Chubb Ltd. | 1,323,350 | ||||||
13,374 | Cincinnati Financial Corp. | 1,296,743 | ||||||
25,277 | Citigroup, Inc. | 1,233,770 | ||||||
34,878 | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 1,279,325 | ||||||
6,554 | CME Group, Inc. | 1,282,028 | ||||||
16,544 | Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A* | 1,105,139 | ||||||
12,712 | Discover Financial Services | 1,277,429 | ||||||
3,074 | FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 1,332,087 | ||||||
37,812 | Fifth Third Bancorp | 1,291,280 | ||||||
8,011 | First Republic Bank | 1,216,310 | ||||||
3,883 | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(a) | 1,291,758 | ||||||
20,515 | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 1,319,320 | ||||||
97,397 | Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 1,305,120 | ||||||
12,601 | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 1,270,811 | ||||||
11,471 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1,304,597 | ||||||
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71,520 | KeyCorp | 1,265,189 | ||||||
24,439 | KKR & Co., Inc. | 1,235,636 | ||||||
6,019 | LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 1,332,185 | ||||||
7,360 | M&T Bank Corp. | 1,337,901 | ||||||
1,073 | Markel Corp.* | 1,281,280 | ||||||
7,896 | Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 1,274,178 | ||||||
20,536 | MetLife, Inc. | 1,321,081 | ||||||
4,195 | Moody’s Corp. | 1,193,561 | ||||||
15,257 | Morgan Stanley | 1,300,202 | ||||||
2,621 | MSCI, Inc. | 1,177,458 | ||||||
21,678 | Nasdaq, Inc. | 1,290,491 | ||||||
13,007 | Northern Trust Corp. | 1,236,836 | ||||||
7,866 | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 1,242,828 | ||||||
19,224 | Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 1,437,186 | ||||||
11,369 | Progressive Corp. (The) | 1,394,408 | ||||||
13,614 | Prudential Financial, Inc. | 1,303,540 | ||||||
12,978 | Raymond James Financial, Inc. | 1,354,514 | ||||||
61,469 | Regions Financial Corp. | 1,332,033 | ||||||
3,498 | S&P Global, Inc. | 1,231,926 | ||||||
6,910 | Signature Bank | 1,204,828 | ||||||
18,462 | State Street Corp. | 1,261,878 | ||||||
3,139 | SVB Financial Group* | 1,276,066 | ||||||
38,580 | Synchrony Financial | 1,263,495 | ||||||
10,365 | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 1,243,800 | ||||||
8,232 | Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | 1,330,620 | ||||||
25,844 | Truist Financial Corp. | 1,210,533 | ||||||
27,311 | US Bancorp | 1,245,655 | ||||||
29,444 | Wells Fargo & Co. | 1,286,997 | ||||||
6,240 | Willis Towers Watson PLC | 1,290,619 | ||||||
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Health Care – 12.8% | ||||||||
11,827 | Abbott Laboratories | 1,214,042 | ||||||
9,061 | AbbVie, Inc. | 1,218,342 | ||||||
4,292 | ABIOMED, Inc.* | 1,112,830 | ||||||
9,593 | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 1,230,302 | ||||||
4,523 | Align Technology, Inc.* | 1,102,255 | ||||||
6,375 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 1,317,521 | ||||||
9,256 | AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 1,356,559 | ||||||
5,197 | Amgen, Inc. | 1,248,839 | ||||||
44,799 | Avantor, Inc.* | 1,115,943 | ||||||
22,136 | Baxter International, Inc. | 1,271,935 | ||||||
5,269 | Becton Dickinson and Co. | 1,330,001 | ||||||
6,001 | Biogen, Inc.* | 1,172,475 | ||||||
14,694 | BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | 1,310,705 | ||||||
3,285 | Bio-Techne Corp. | 1,089,996 | ||||||
31,114 | Boston Scientific Corp.* | 1,254,205 | ||||||
17,625 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 1,188,101 | ||||||
21,612 | Cardinal Health, Inc. | 1,528,401 | ||||||
11,877 | Catalent, Inc.* | 1,045,176 | ||||||
13,910 | Centene Corp.* | 1,248,283 | ||||||
5,823 | Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.* | 1,195,171 | ||||||
4,744 | Cigna Corp. | 1,344,687 | ||||||
3,931 | Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) | 1,129,927 | ||||||
12,859 | CVS Health Corp. | 1,262,111 | ||||||
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4,494 | Danaher Corp. | $ | 1,212,976 | |||||
14,391 | Dexcom, Inc.* | 1,183,084 | ||||||
12,559 | Edwards Lifesciences Corp.* | 1,131,566 | ||||||
2,694 | Elevance Health, Inc. | 1,306,886 | ||||||
4,119 | Eli Lilly & Co. | 1,240,766 | ||||||
20,422 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 1,296,184 | ||||||
6,032 | HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 1,193,552 | ||||||
17,868 | Hologic, Inc.* | 1,207,162 | ||||||
19,917 | Horizon Therapeutics PLC* | 1,179,286 | ||||||
2,680 | Humana, Inc. | 1,291,170 | ||||||
3,173 | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.* | 1,102,998 | ||||||
5,715 | Illumina, Inc.* | 1,152,373 | ||||||
4,996 | Insulet Corp.* | 1,276,328 | ||||||
5,378 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc.* | 1,106,470 | ||||||
5,537 | IQVIA Holdings, Inc.* | 1,177,498 | ||||||
7,400 | Johnson & Johnson | 1,193,916 | ||||||
5,089 | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 1,146,399 | ||||||
3,930 | McKesson Corp. | 1,442,310 | ||||||
13,806 | Medtronic PLC | 1,213,824 | ||||||
14,749 | Merck & Co., Inc. | 1,258,975 | ||||||
950 | Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.* | 1,151,837 | ||||||
6,986 | Moderna, Inc.* | 924,038 | ||||||
3,936 | Molina Healthcare, Inc.* | 1,327,888 | ||||||
8,336 | PerkinElmer, Inc. | 1,125,860 | ||||||
25,904 | Pfizer, Inc. | 1,171,638 | ||||||
9,403 | Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 1,178,290 | ||||||
2,088 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 1,213,253 | ||||||
5,396 | ResMed, Inc. | 1,186,688 | ||||||
30,202 | Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A | 1,262,746 | ||||||
7,279 | Seagen, Inc.* | 1,123,077 | ||||||
6,376 | STERIS PLC | 1,283,999 | ||||||
5,991 | Stryker Corp. | 1,229,353 | ||||||
5,083 | Teleflex, Inc. | 1,150,080 | ||||||
2,196 | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 1,197,523 | ||||||
2,397 | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 1,244,834 | ||||||
5,705 | Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A* | 1,137,121 | ||||||
4,664 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 1,314,129 | ||||||
132,741 | Viatris, Inc. | 1,267,677 | ||||||
3,789 | Waters Corp.* | 1,131,395 | ||||||
3,750 | West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 1,112,587 | ||||||
11,267 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 1,197,907 | ||||||
7,180 | Zoetis, Inc. | 1,123,885 | ||||||
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9,065 | 3M Co. | 1,127,233 | ||||||
10,229 | AMETEK, Inc. | 1,229,117 | ||||||
7,866 | Boeing Co. (The)* | 1,260,527 | ||||||
31,811 | Carrier Global Corp. | 1,244,446 | ||||||
7,035 | Caterpillar, Inc. | 1,299,435 | ||||||
3,039 | Cintas Corp. | 1,236,387 | ||||||
9,975 | Copart, Inc.* | 1,193,509 | ||||||
17,852 | CoStar Group, Inc.* | 1,243,213 | ||||||
39,960 | CSX Corp. | 1,264,734 | ||||||
5,955 | Cummins, Inc. | 1,282,528 | ||||||
3,848 | Deere & Co. | 1,405,482 | ||||||
39,163 | Delta Air Lines, Inc.* | 1,216,794 | ||||||
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9,771 | Dover Corp. | 1,220,984 | ||||||
8,721 | Eaton Corp. PLC | 1,191,638 | ||||||
14,495 | Emerson Electric Co. | 1,184,821 | ||||||
6,108 | Equifax, Inc. | 1,152,885 | ||||||
12,576 | Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 1,293,945 | ||||||
25,203 | Fastenal Co. | 1,268,467 | ||||||
5,535 | FedEx Corp. | 1,166,833 | ||||||
19,952 | Fortive Corp. | 1,263,560 | ||||||
5,166 | Generac Holdings, Inc.* | 1,138,638 | ||||||
5,653 | General Dynamics Corp. | 1,294,141 | ||||||
17,378 | General Electric Co. | 1,276,240 | ||||||
6,821 | Honeywell International, Inc. | 1,291,556 | ||||||
6,222 | IDEX Corp. | 1,251,929 | ||||||
6,224 | Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 1,212,622 | ||||||
26,148 | Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | 1,238,631 | ||||||
10,083 | Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 1,256,140 | ||||||
7,254 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 1,262,341 | ||||||
23,825 | Johnson Controls International PLC | 1,289,886 | ||||||
5,373 | L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 1,226,065 | ||||||
12,984 | Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 1,234,129 | ||||||
3,021 | Lockheed Martin Corp. | 1,269,152 | ||||||
24,682 | Masco Corp. | 1,255,573 | ||||||
5,168 | Norfolk Southern Corp. | 1,256,496 | ||||||
2,720 | Northrop Grumman Corp. | 1,300,133 | ||||||
4,387 | Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. | 1,190,676 | ||||||
16,371 | Otis Worldwide Corp. | 1,182,314 | ||||||
14,292 | PACCAR, Inc. | 1,250,693 | ||||||
4,520 | Parker-Hannifin Corp. | 1,197,800 | ||||||
57,233 | Plug Power, Inc.* | 1,604,813 | ||||||
9,441 | Quanta Services, Inc. | 1,334,013 | ||||||
13,851 | Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 1,243,127 | ||||||
9,277 | Republic Services, Inc. | 1,324,014 | ||||||
5,252 | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 1,244,409 | ||||||
33,318 | Southwest Airlines Co.* | 1,222,771 | ||||||
13,994 | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 1,232,871 | ||||||
19,964 | Textron, Inc. | 1,245,354 | ||||||
8,580 | Trane Technologies PLC | 1,321,921 | ||||||
2,048 | TransDigm Group, Inc. | 1,229,599 | ||||||
16,440 | TransUnion | 1,214,423 | ||||||
42,716 | Uber Technologies, Inc.* | 1,228,512 | ||||||
5,751 | Union Pacific Corp. | 1,291,157 | ||||||
33,803 | United Airlines Holdings, Inc.* | 1,183,443 | ||||||
6,691 | United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 1,301,466 | ||||||
4,128 | United Rentals, Inc.* | 1,205,541 | ||||||
6,579 | Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 1,231,326 | ||||||
7,832 | Waste Management, Inc. | 1,323,843 | ||||||
14,156 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 1,240,773 | ||||||
2,387 | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 1,324,642 | ||||||
13,524 | Xylem, Inc. | 1,232,036 | ||||||
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76,401,747 | ||||||||
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Information Technology – 18.0% | ||||||||
4,216 | Accenture PLC, Class A | 1,216,147 | ||||||
3,073 | Adobe, Inc.* | 1,147,581 | ||||||
13,471 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* | 1,143,284 | ||||||
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13,417 | Akamai Technologies, Inc.* | $ | 1,211,287 | |||||
16,778 | Amphenol Corp., Class A | 1,233,686 | ||||||
7,393 | Analog Devices, Inc. | 1,120,261 | ||||||
4,599 | ANSYS, Inc.* | 1,141,932 | ||||||
7,848 | Apple, Inc. | 1,233,863 | ||||||
11,960 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 1,125,077 | ||||||
10,741 | Arista Networks, Inc.* | 1,287,631 | ||||||
5,908 | Autodesk, Inc.* | 1,191,880 | ||||||
5,320 | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 1,300,261 | ||||||
9,132 | Bill.com Holdings, Inc.* | 1,478,288 | ||||||
14,992 | Block, Inc.* | 1,033,099 | ||||||
2,379 | Broadcom, Inc. | 1,187,383 | ||||||
7,856 | Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 1,344,712 | ||||||
7,083 | Cadence Design Systems, Inc.* | 1,230,813 | ||||||
7,147 | CDW Corp. | 1,219,993 | ||||||
28,404 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1,270,227 | ||||||
22,525 | Cloudflare, Inc., Class A* | 1,409,389 | ||||||
27,469 | Cognex Corp. | 1,156,720 | ||||||
18,892 | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 1,193,408 | ||||||
35,454 | Corning, Inc. | 1,216,781 | ||||||
6,681 | Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A* | 1,220,017 | ||||||
11,597 | Datadog, Inc., Class A* | 1,217,105 | ||||||
29,309 | Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C | 1,122,242 | ||||||
18,387 | DocuSign, Inc.* | 1,070,491 | ||||||
4,595 | Enphase Energy, Inc.* | 1,316,192 | ||||||
12,575 | Entegris, Inc. | 1,193,116 | ||||||
3,464 | EPAM Systems, Inc.* | 1,477,396 | ||||||
12,390 | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 1,132,074 | ||||||
12,013 | Fiserv, Inc.* | 1,215,595 | ||||||
5,719 | FleetCor Technologies, Inc.* | 1,215,459 | ||||||
20,600 | Fortinet, Inc.* | 1,003,014 | ||||||
4,465 | Gartner, Inc.* | 1,273,954 | ||||||
9,988 | Global Payments, Inc. | 1,240,809 | ||||||
91,093 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 1,238,865 | ||||||
39,689 | HP, Inc. | 1,139,471 | ||||||
3,682 | HubSpot, Inc.* | 1,240,981 | ||||||
35,856 | Intel Corp. | 1,144,524 | ||||||
9,794 | International Business Machines Corp. | 1,258,039 | ||||||
2,808 | Intuit, Inc. | 1,212,438 | ||||||
7,873 | Keysight Technologies, Inc.* | 1,290,306 | ||||||
3,327 | KLA Corp. | 1,144,921 | ||||||
2,507 | Lam Research Corp. | 1,097,840 | ||||||
22,639 | Marvell Technology, Inc. | 1,059,958 | ||||||
3,646 | Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 1,182,653 | ||||||
17,845 | Microchip Technology, Inc. | 1,164,386 | ||||||
20,312 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 1,148,237 | ||||||
4,596 | Microsoft Corp. | 1,201,716 | ||||||
3,889 | MongoDB, Inc.* | 1,255,603 | ||||||
2,547 | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 1,154,249 | ||||||
5,407 | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 1,316,118 | ||||||
17,947 | NetApp, Inc. | 1,294,517 | ||||||
48,967 | NortonLifeLock, Inc. | 1,106,165 | ||||||
6,967 | NVIDIA Corp. | 1,051,599 | ||||||
12,364 | Okta, Inc.* | 1,130,070 | ||||||
19,239 | ON Semiconductor Corp.* | 1,323,066 | ||||||
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Information Technology – (continued) | ||||||||
16,743 | Oracle Corp. | 1,241,493 | ||||||
114,643 | Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A* | 885,044 | ||||||
2,469 | Palo Alto Networks, Inc.* | 1,374,764 | ||||||
10,072 | Paychex, Inc. | 1,242,280 | ||||||
3,586 | Paycom Software, Inc.* | 1,259,403 | ||||||
13,168 | PayPal Holdings, Inc.* | 1,230,418 | ||||||
12,237 | Qorvo, Inc.* | 1,098,638 | ||||||
8,664 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 1,145,987 | ||||||
3,016 | Roper Technologies, Inc. | 1,214,181 | ||||||
6,790 | Salesforce, Inc.* | 1,060,055 | ||||||
16,244 | Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | 1,087,698 | ||||||
2,770 | ServiceNow, Inc.* | 1,203,897 | ||||||
11,655 | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 1,148,600 | ||||||
8,086 | Snowflake, Inc., Class A* | 1,463,162 | ||||||
11,704 | Splunk, Inc.* | 1,053,711 | ||||||
21,217 | SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 1,183,060 | ||||||
3,509 | Synopsys, Inc.* | 1,214,184 | ||||||
3,256 | Teledyne Technologies, Inc.* | 1,199,380 | ||||||
13,001 | Teradyne, Inc. | 1,100,405 | ||||||
7,088 | Texas Instruments, Inc. | 1,171,008 | ||||||
25,865 | Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A* | 1,621,736 | ||||||
18,615 | Trimble, Inc.* | 1,177,399 | ||||||
13,503 | Twilio, Inc., Class A* | 939,539 | ||||||
3,172 | Tyler Technologies, Inc.* | 1,178,430 | ||||||
29,258 | Unity Software, Inc.* | 1,249,902 | ||||||
6,624 | VeriSign, Inc.* | 1,207,025 | ||||||
6,234 | Visa, Inc., Class A | 1,238,758 | ||||||
11,054 | VMware, Inc., Class A | 1,282,596 | ||||||
26,377 | Western Digital Corp.* | 1,114,692 | ||||||
8,117 | Workday, Inc., Class A* | 1,335,734 | ||||||
3,968 | Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A* | 1,196,908 | ||||||
17,115 | Zendesk, Inc.* | 1,313,919 | ||||||
11,471 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A* | 922,268 | ||||||
7,912 | Zscaler, Inc.* | 1,259,907 | ||||||
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110,563,070 | ||||||||
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Materials – 5.6% | ||||||||
5,287 | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 1,334,703 | ||||||
5,452 | Albemarle Corp. | 1,460,918 | ||||||
26,953 | Alcoa Corp. | 1,333,634 | ||||||
6,743 | Avery Dennison Corp. | 1,238,150 | ||||||
17,977 | Ball Corp. | 1,003,296 | ||||||
11,693 | Celanese Corp. | 1,296,286 | ||||||
13,279 | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 1,373,845 | ||||||
23,162 | Corteva, Inc. | 1,422,842 | ||||||
13,103 | Crown Holdings, Inc. | 1,187,001 | ||||||
25,016 | Dow, Inc. | 1,275,816 | ||||||
22,495 | DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 1,251,622 | ||||||
13,957 | Eastman Chemical Co. | 1,270,087 | ||||||
7,767 | Ecolab, Inc. | 1,272,468 | ||||||
11,973 | FMC Corp. | 1,294,042 | ||||||
45,002 | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 1,332,059 | ||||||
10,310 | International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 1,139,049 | ||||||
30,471 | International Paper Co. | 1,268,203 | ||||||
15,069 | LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 1,250,727 | ||||||
3,660 | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 1,272,619 | ||||||
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Materials – (continued) | ||||||||
24,564 | Mosaic Co. (The) | $ | 1,323,263 | |||||
29,128 | Newmont Corp. | 1,204,734 | ||||||
9,786 | Nucor Corp. | 1,300,951 | ||||||
9,345 | Packaging Corp. of America | 1,279,517 | ||||||
10,207 | PPG Industries, Inc. | 1,296,085 | ||||||
5,421 | Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) | 1,258,214 | ||||||
16,924 | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 1,366,105 | ||||||
7,849 | Vulcan Materials Co. | 1,306,780 | ||||||
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Real Estate – 6.0% | ||||||||
8,007 | Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT | 1,228,274 | ||||||
4,829 | American Tower Corp. REIT | 1,226,807 | ||||||
6,317 | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT | 1,269,149 | ||||||
14,517 | Boston Properties, Inc. REIT | 1,153,085 | ||||||
9,403 | Camden Property Trust REIT | 1,208,380 | ||||||
15,497 | CBRE Group, Inc., Class A* | 1,223,643 | ||||||
7,267 | Crown Castle, Inc. REIT | 1,241,422 | ||||||
9,938 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT | 1,228,635 | ||||||
20,739 | Duke Realty Corp. REIT | 1,220,490 | ||||||
1,855 | Equinix, Inc. REIT | 1,219,421 | ||||||
17,041 | Equity Residential REIT | 1,247,060 | ||||||
4,634 | Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT | 1,228,288 | ||||||
6,556 | Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT | 1,302,874 | ||||||
47,163 | Healthpeak Properties, Inc. REIT | 1,238,029 | ||||||
33,744 | Invitation Homes, Inc. REIT | 1,224,232 | ||||||
26,669 | Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT | 1,403,056 | ||||||
59,411 | Kimco Realty Corp. REIT | 1,252,384 | ||||||
7,179 | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT | 1,189,345 | ||||||
9,790 | Prologis, Inc. REIT | 1,218,953 | ||||||
3,930 | Public Storage REIT | 1,300,162 | ||||||
17,701 | Realty Income Corp. REIT | 1,208,624 | ||||||
3,799 | SBA Communications Corp. REIT | 1,235,625 | ||||||
12,046 | Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT | 1,228,451 | ||||||
7,930 | Sun Communities, Inc. REIT | 1,218,920 | ||||||
27,502 | UDR, Inc. REIT | 1,234,015 | ||||||
24,629 | Ventas, Inc. REIT | 1,178,744 | ||||||
37,540 | VICI Properties, Inc. REIT | 1,238,445 | ||||||
15,405 | Welltower, Inc. REIT | 1,180,793 | ||||||
36,257 | Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT | 1,238,539 | ||||||
15,043 | W.P. Carey, Inc. REIT | 1,264,063 | ||||||
|
|
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37,049,908 | ||||||||
|
|
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Utilities – 5.8% | ||||||||
57,847 | AES Corp. (The) | 1,472,206 | ||||||
21,303 | Alliant Energy Corp. | 1,300,335 | ||||||
14,091 | Ameren Corp. | 1,305,108 | ||||||
13,133 | American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 1,315,927 | ||||||
8,233 | American Water Works Co., Inc. | 1,222,189 | ||||||
10,934 | Atmos Energy Corp. | 1,239,697 | ||||||
41,246 | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 1,300,486 | ||||||
18,791 | CMS Energy Corp. | 1,269,144 | ||||||
13,268 | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 1,296,814 | ||||||
19,481 | Constellation Energy Corp. | 1,589,455 | ||||||
15,674 | Dominion Energy, Inc. | 1,282,133 | ||||||
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Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Utilities – (continued) | ||||||||
10,006 | DTE Energy Co. | 1,304,182 | ||||||
11,782 | Duke Energy Corp. | 1,259,614 | ||||||
18,813 | Edison International | 1,274,957 | ||||||
11,171 | Entergy Corp. | 1,288,016 | ||||||
19,032 | Evergy, Inc. | 1,304,263 | ||||||
14,311 | Eversource Energy | 1,283,554 | ||||||
29,215 | Exelon Corp. | 1,282,831 | ||||||
32,738 | FirstEnergy Corp. | 1,294,788 | ||||||
15,074 | NextEra Energy, Inc. | 1,282,194 | ||||||
116,920 | PG&E Corp.* | 1,441,624 | ||||||
44,859 | PPL Corp. | 1,304,500 | ||||||
19,782 | Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 1,273,169 | ||||||
7,928 | Sempra Energy | 1,307,882 | ||||||
17,009 | Southern Co. (The) | 1,310,884 | ||||||
12,453 | WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 1,284,402 | ||||||
17,547 | Xcel Energy, Inc. | 1,302,865 | ||||||
|
|
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35,393,219 | ||||||||
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|
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.7% | ||||||||
(Cost $624,357,787) | $ | 611,732,357 | ||||||
|
|
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|
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS
OF LIABILITIES – 0.3% |
1,677,326 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
NET ASSETS – 100.0% | $ | 613,409,683 | ||||||
|
|
The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. | ||
* |
Non-income producing security. | |
(a) |
Represents an affiliated issuer. |
| ||
Investment Abbreviations: | ||
PLC |
—Public Limited Company | |
REIT |
—Real Estate Investment Trust | |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 39 |
GOLDMAN SACHS HEDGE INDUSTRY VIP ETF
Schedule of Investments
August 31, 2022
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – 99.6% | ||||||||
Communication Services – 15.9% | ||||||||
38,899 | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | $ | 3,053,183 | |||||
25,724 | Alphabet, Inc., Class A* | 2,783,851 | ||||||
6,530 | Charter Communications, Inc., Class A* | 2,694,474 | ||||||
114,569 | Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.* | 2,951,297 | ||||||
17,360 | Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A* | 2,828,465 | ||||||
12,606 | Netflix, Inc.* | 2,818,197 | ||||||
21,408 | T-Mobile US, Inc.* | 3,081,896 | ||||||
25,272 | Walt Disney Co. (The)* | 2,832,486 | ||||||
|
|
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23,043,849 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Discretionary – 11.4% | ||||||||
33,337 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (China)* | 3,180,683 | ||||||
21,933 | Amazon.com, Inc.* | 2,780,447 | ||||||
1,475 | Booking Holdings, Inc.* | 2,766,820 | ||||||
2,901 | MercadoLibre, Inc. (Brazil)* | 2,481,399 | ||||||
10,052 | RH* | 2,572,407 | ||||||
10,152 | Tesla, Inc.* | 2,797,993 | ||||||
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|
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16,579,749 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Energy – 6.8% | ||||||||
19,930 | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 3,192,387 | ||||||
32,746 | Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 3,290,646 | ||||||
69,400 | EQT Corp. | 3,317,320 | ||||||
|
|
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9,800,353 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Financials – 12.0% | ||||||||
51,079 | Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 2,838,971 | ||||||
86,630 | Bank of America Corp. | 2,911,634 | ||||||
10,370 | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B* | 2,911,896 | ||||||
41,396 | Charles Schwab Corp. (The) | 2,937,046 | ||||||
58,079 | Citigroup, Inc. | 2,834,836 | ||||||
68,641 | Wells Fargo & Co. | 3,000,298 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
17,434,681 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care – 12.4% | ||||||||
21,218 | Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd.* | 3,168,908 | ||||||
32,301 | Centene Corp.* | 2,898,692 | ||||||
10,386 | Danaher Corp. | 2,803,285 | ||||||
6,367 | Elevance Health, Inc. | 3,088,695 | ||||||
6,298 | Humana, Inc. | 3,034,251 | ||||||
5,766 | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 2,994,457 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
17,988,288 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Industrials – 5.7% | ||||||||
45,081 | Builders FirstSource, Inc.* | 2,642,197 | ||||||
96,655 | Uber Technologies, Inc.* | 2,779,798 | ||||||
72,125 | WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.* | 2,895,098 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
8,317,093 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Information Technology – 33.5% | ||||||||
31,089 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* | 2,638,523 | ||||||
18,132 | Apple, Inc. | 2,850,713 | ||||||
10,886 | Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A* | 2,696,027 | ||||||
15,560 | Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A* | 2,841,412 | ||||||
36,971 | Elastic NV* | 3,102,237 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Information Technology – (continued) | ||||||||
28,507 | Fiserv, Inc.* | 2,884,623 | ||||||
27,072 | Five9, Inc.* | 2,656,034 | ||||||
23,052 | Global Payments, Inc. | 2,863,750 | ||||||
38,287 | GoDaddy, Inc., Class A* | 2,902,920 | ||||||
8,724 | Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 2,829,804 | ||||||
10,701 | Microsoft Corp. | 2,797,990 | ||||||
5,950 | Palo Alto Networks, Inc.* | 3,313,019 | ||||||
30,936 | PayPal Holdings, Inc.* | 2,890,660 | ||||||
16,436 | Salesforce, Inc.* | 2,565,988 | ||||||
6,230 | ServiceNow, Inc.* | 2,707,683 | ||||||
14,510 | Visa, Inc., Class A | 2,883,282 | ||||||
41,066 | Zendesk, Inc.* | 3,152,637 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
48,577,302 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Materials – 1.9% | ||||||||
31,204 | Crown Holdings, Inc. | 2,826,770 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.6% | ||||||||
(Cost $147,699,939) | $ | 144,568,085 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
|
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS
OF LIABILITIES – 0.4% |
516,257 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
NET ASSETS – 100.0% | $ | 145,084,342 | ||||||
|
|
The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. | ||
* |
Non-income producing security. |
| ||
Investment Abbreviations: | ||
ADR |
—American Depositary Receipt | |
PLC |
—Public Limited Company | |
|
40 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS INNOVATE EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments
August 31, 2022
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – 99.7% | ||||||||
Communication Services – 12.9% | ||||||||
15,013 | Activision Blizzard, Inc. | $ | 1,178,370 | |||||
3,665 | AfreecaTV Co. Ltd. (South Korea) | 210,713 | ||||||
60,046 | Alphabet, Inc., Class A* | 6,498,178 | ||||||
30,705 | AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Class A*(a) | 280,030 | ||||||
16,272 | Baidu, Inc. ADR (China)* | 2,342,680 | ||||||
14,632 | Bilibili, Inc. ADR (China)*(a) | 365,215 | ||||||
12,295 | Bumble, Inc., Class A* | 307,990 | ||||||
29,064 | Comcast Corp., Class A | 1,051,826 | ||||||
5,844 | CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA (Germany)* | 315,271 | ||||||
8,074 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 1,024,348 | ||||||
50,625 | Gree, Inc. (Japan) | 312,241 | ||||||
42,773 | Hello Group, Inc. ADR (China) | 220,281 | ||||||
6,319 | IDT Corp., Class B* | 161,577 | ||||||
6,809 | Infocom Corp. (Japan) | 99,759 | ||||||
66,374 | iQIYI, Inc. ADR (China)* | 242,929 | ||||||
14,203 | JOYY, Inc. ADR (China) | 430,635 | ||||||
101,180 | Kuaishou Technology (China)*(b) | 886,905 | ||||||
6,441 | Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class C* | 176,097 | ||||||
8,947 | Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A* | 520,089 | ||||||
7,951 | Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.* | 718,452 | ||||||
5,346 | Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.* | 297,024 | ||||||
2,037 | Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.* | 326,470 | ||||||
11,553 | Match Group, Inc.* | 653,091 | ||||||
42,210 | Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A* | 6,877,275 | ||||||
14,721 | NetEase, Inc. ADR (China) | 1,302,956 | ||||||
6,022 | Netflix, Inc.* | 1,346,278 | ||||||
41,454 | Playtika Holding Corp.* | 436,511 | ||||||
74,096 | Rightmove PLC (United Kingdom) | 523,861 | ||||||
20,331 | ROBLOX Corp., Class A* | 795,145 | ||||||
7,667 | Scout24 SE (Germany)(b) | 443,608 | ||||||
24,049 | Sea Ltd. ADR (Singapore)* | 1,491,038 | ||||||
59,046 | Snap, Inc., Class A* | 642,420 | ||||||
7,453 | Sohu.com Ltd. ADR (China)* | 132,812 | ||||||
5,812 | Spotify Technology SA* | 628,568 | ||||||
4,790 | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.* | 587,062 | ||||||
32,310 | TELUS Corp. (Canada) | 729,788 | ||||||
55,360 | Tencent Holdings Ltd. (China) | 2,307,828 | ||||||
60,670 | Tencent Music Entertainment Group ADR (China)* | 310,024 | ||||||
11,785 | TripAdvisor, Inc.* | 280,483 | ||||||
17,596 | Twitter, Inc.* | 681,845 | ||||||
9,913 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA (France)* | 458,629 | ||||||
56,763 | VK Co. Ltd. GDR (Russia)*(c) | — | ||||||
17,536 | Walt Disney Co. (The)* | 1,965,435 | ||||||
9,605 | Warner Music Group Corp., Class A | 257,126 | ||||||
22,963 | Weibo Corp. ADR (China)* | 475,104 | ||||||
6,121 | World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A | 416,289 | ||||||
21,069 | Yalla Group Ltd. ADR (United Arab Emirates)* | 90,386 | ||||||
4,241 | Ziff Davis, Inc.* | 327,744 | ||||||
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|
|||||||
42,128,386 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary – 15.4% | ||||||||
25,950 | 2U, Inc.* | 184,764 | ||||||
3,655 | adidas AG (Germany) | 544,971 | ||||||
7,579 | Airbnb, Inc., Class A* | 857,336 | ||||||
42,165 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (China)* | 4,022,963 | ||||||
820,544 | Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd. (China)* | 475,672 | ||||||
50,097 | Amazon.com, Inc.* | 6,350,797 | ||||||
62,500 | ANTA Sports Products Ltd. (China) | 755,684 | ||||||
10,857 | Aptiv PLC* | 1,014,370 | ||||||
136,019 | Arrival SA (Luxembourg)*(a) | 149,621 | ||||||
11,448 | Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc. (Japan) | 865,878 | ||||||
393 | Booking Holdings, Inc.* | 737,193 | ||||||
11,594 | BorgWarner, Inc. | 437,094 | ||||||
78,449 | Canoo, Inc.*(a) | 250,252 | ||||||
16,818 | Chegg, Inc.* | 330,978 | ||||||
9,397 | Chewy, Inc., Class A*(a) | 322,599 | ||||||
4,914 | Columbia Sportswear Co. | 350,073 | ||||||
9,093 | Continental AG (Germany) | 525,566 | ||||||
22,454 | Coursera, Inc.* | 258,221 | ||||||
5,955 | Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 633,433 | ||||||
15,332 | eBay, Inc. | 676,601 | ||||||
5,114 | Etsy, Inc.* | 540,090 | ||||||
18,482 | Everi Holdings, Inc.* | 341,917 | ||||||
25,539 | EVgo, Inc.*(a) | 242,365 | ||||||
4,436 | Expedia Group, Inc.* | 455,355 | ||||||
99,558 | Faraday Future Intelligent Electric, Inc.* | 111,505 | ||||||
30,893 | Farfetch Ltd., Class A (United Kingdom)* | 309,857 | ||||||
97,971 | Ford Motor Co. | 1,493,078 | ||||||
10,281 | GameStop Corp., Class A*(a) | 294,448 | ||||||
37,786 | General Motors Co. | 1,443,803 | ||||||
651 | Graham Holdings Co., Class B | 368,095 | ||||||
7,337 | Hyundai Motor Co. (South Korea) | 1,075,139 | ||||||
6,206 | iRobot Corp.* | 365,409 | ||||||
302,028 | JD Sports Fashion PLC (United Kingdom) | 396,951 | ||||||
15,120 | JD.com, Inc. ADR (China) | 959,969 | ||||||
24,943 | Jumia Technologies AG ADR (Germany)* | 184,329 | ||||||
20,211 | Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (United Kingdom)*(b) | 339,031 | ||||||
12,768 | Kia Corp. (South Korea) | 771,302 | ||||||
150,130 | Koolearn Technology Holding Ltd. (China)*(a)(b) | 570,004 | ||||||
15,207 | Las Vegas Sands Corp.* | 572,239 | ||||||
71,059 | Li Ning Co. Ltd. (China) | 651,847 | ||||||
58,190 | Lucid Group, Inc.*(a) | 892,635 | ||||||
2,702 | Lululemon Athletica, Inc.* | 810,492 | ||||||
28,912 | Macy’s, Inc. | 500,756 | ||||||
972 | MercadoLibre, Inc. (Brazil)* | 831,410 | ||||||
20,132 | MGM Resorts International | 657,108 | ||||||
14,350 | New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR (China)* | 407,540 | ||||||
360,339 | Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd. (China) | 269,031 | ||||||
12,063 | NIKE, Inc., Class B | 1,284,106 | ||||||
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 41 |
GOLDMAN SACHS INNOVATE EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)
August 31, 2022
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary – (continued) | ||||||||
54,422 | NIO, Inc. ADR (China)* | $ | 1,083,542 | |||||
7,965 | Overstock.com, Inc.* | 207,887 | ||||||
36,180 | Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A* | 368,674 | ||||||
5,455 | Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A* | 369,576 | ||||||
32,437 | Playtech PLC (United Kingdom)* | 169,092 | ||||||
68,276 | Rakuten Group, Inc. (Japan) | 332,946 | ||||||
30,516 | Rivian Automotive, Inc., Class A* | 998,178 | ||||||
40,003 | Sharp Corp. (Japan) | 289,436 | ||||||
6,554 | Shoe Carnival, Inc. | 155,920 | ||||||
8,314 | Skechers USA, Inc., Class A* | 314,269 | ||||||
16,034 | Sony Group Corp. (Japan) | 1,287,925 | ||||||
7,121 | Stride, Inc.* | 271,595 | ||||||
56,805 | TAL Education Group ADR (China)* | 328,333 | ||||||
13,071 | Tesla, Inc.* | 3,602,498 | ||||||
108,560 | Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) | 1,645,727 | ||||||
150,717 | TUI AG (Germany)*(a) | 232,283 | ||||||
9,313 | Xometry, Inc., Class A* | 456,430 | ||||||
35,873 | XPeng, Inc. ADR (China)* | 664,368 | ||||||
25,711 | Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. (Japan) | 537,682 | ||||||
13,205 | Zalando SE (Germany)*(b) | 306,861 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
50,507,099 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Consumer Staples – 0.7% | ||||||||
9,456 | Beyond Meat, Inc.*(a) | 230,727 | ||||||
14,262 | Walmart, Inc. | 1,890,428 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,121,155 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Energy – 0.9% | ||||||||
950,723 | China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd., Class H (China) | 427,585 | ||||||
8,245 | HD Hyundai Co. Ltd. (South Korea) | 389,581 | ||||||
22,033 | NOV, Inc. | 389,323 | ||||||
41,379 | Oceaneering International, Inc.* | 366,204 | ||||||
29,837 | TotalEnergies SE (France) | 1,520,832 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,093,525 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Financials – 9.5% | ||||||||
51,868 | 3i Group PLC (United Kingdom) | 733,598 | ||||||
3,503 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 938,839 | ||||||
9,077 | Amundi SA (France)(b) | 462,758 | ||||||
19,864 | Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 1,104,041 | ||||||
4,756 | B. Riley Financial, Inc. | 236,706 | ||||||
101,873 | BGC Partners, Inc., Class A | 409,529 | ||||||
2,515 | BlackRock, Inc. | 1,675,971 | ||||||
14,148 | Blackstone, Inc. | 1,329,063 | ||||||
18,283 | Carlyle Group, Inc. (The) | 594,746 | ||||||
21,261 | Charles Schwab Corp. (The) | 1,508,468 | ||||||
37,802 | CI Financial Corp. (Canada) | 415,660 | ||||||
4,274 | CME Group, Inc. | 836,037 | ||||||
12,863 | CNA Financial Corp. | 494,711 | ||||||
11,082 | Coinbase Global, Inc., Class A* | 740,278 | ||||||
7,613 | Discover Financial Services | 765,030 | ||||||
8,639 | DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (Germany)(b) | 236,459 | ||||||
6,590 | Eurazeo SE (France) | 395,275 | ||||||
4,495 | Evercore, Inc., Class A | 421,137 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Financials – (continued) | ||||||||
24,430 | flatexDEGIRO AG (Germany)* | 236,075 | ||||||
8,020 | Futu Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)* | 393,702 | ||||||
18,313 | Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd.*(a) | 100,543 | ||||||
4,813 | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(d) | 1,601,141 | ||||||
10,305 | Green Dot Corp., Class A* | 209,088 | ||||||
37,948 | Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (United Kingdom) | 361,022 | ||||||
11,722 | Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A | 721,958 | ||||||
26,044 | Invesco Ltd. | 428,945 | ||||||
22,472 | KKR & Co., Inc. | 1,136,184 | ||||||
188,005 | Legal & General Group PLC (United Kingdom) | 552,376 | ||||||
9,622 | London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom) | 907,113 | ||||||
58,181 | Monex Group, Inc. (Japan) | 211,109 | ||||||
48,617 | Moneylion, Inc.* | 69,522 | ||||||
13,473 | Morgan Stanley | 1,148,169 | ||||||
2,738 | Morningstar, Inc. | 624,237 | ||||||
2,339 | MSCI, Inc. | 1,050,772 | ||||||
15,392 | Noah Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)* | 272,592 | ||||||
47,723 | Owl Rock Capital Corp. | 627,080 | ||||||
22,733 | Plus500 Ltd. (Israel) | 449,157 | ||||||
76,381 | Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A* | 729,439 | ||||||
4,459 | S&P Global, Inc. | 1,570,371 | ||||||
93,005 | SoFi Technologies, Inc.*(a) | 550,590 | ||||||
3,005 | Sprott, Inc. (Canada) | 113,973 | ||||||
7,351 | Stifel Financial Corp. | 435,988 | ||||||
2,844 | StoneX Group, Inc.* | 264,037 | ||||||
69,329 | TP ICAP Group PLC (United Kingdom) | 124,153 | ||||||
11,475 | TPG, Inc. | 336,906 | ||||||
9,048 | Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A | 629,650 | ||||||
23,600 | Upstart Holdings, Inc.*(a) | 611,240 | ||||||
1,246 | Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. | 238,298 | ||||||
17,155 | WealthNavi, Inc. (Japan)*(a) | 234,756 | ||||||
42,698 | WisdomTree Investments, Inc. | 213,917 | ||||||
19,918 | XP, Inc., Class A (Brazil)* | 383,222 | ||||||
232,863 | Zip Co. Ltd. (Australia) *(a) | 152,456 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
30,988,087 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care – 20.7% | ||||||||
9,330 | 10X Genomics, Inc., Class A* | 307,797 | ||||||
581,796 | 3SBio, Inc. (China)(b) | 387,674 | ||||||
20,498 | Abbott Laboratories | 2,104,120 | ||||||
16,504 | AbbVie, Inc. | 2,219,128 | ||||||
1,694 | ABIOMED, Inc.* | 439,220 | ||||||
19,183 | AdaptHealth Corp.* | 344,719 | ||||||
31,083 | Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.* | 277,260 | ||||||
7,276 | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 933,147 | ||||||
15,638 | Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.* | 265,846 | ||||||
6,207 | Amgen, Inc. | 1,491,542 | ||||||
13,209 | AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom) | 1,635,983 | ||||||
13,101 | Baxter International, Inc. | 752,783 | ||||||
125,364 | Bionano Genomics, Inc.* | 310,903 | ||||||
6,475 | BioNTech SE ADR (Germany) | 936,544 | ||||||
2,453 | Bio-Techne Corp. | 813,930 | ||||||
20,139 | Boston Scientific Corp.* | 811,803 | ||||||
|
|
42 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS INNOVATE EQUITY ETF
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Health Care – (continued) | ||||||||
25,162 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | $ | 1,696,170 | |||||
27,115 | Caribou Biosciences, Inc.* | 267,625 | ||||||
11,270 | Castle Biosciences, Inc.* | 326,830 | ||||||
22,366 | Coherus Biosciences, Inc.* | 250,052 | ||||||
6,733 | CompuGroup Medical SE & Co KgaA (Germany) | 254,024 | ||||||
8,866 | CRISPR Therapeutics AG (Switzerland)* | 577,088 | ||||||
27,611 | Cue Health, Inc.* | 91,945 | ||||||
14,669 | Cullinan Oncology, Inc.* | 197,738 | ||||||
13,236 | Dexcom, Inc.* | 1,088,132 | ||||||
26,481 | DocGo, Inc.* | 270,106 | ||||||
17,711 | Editas Medicine, Inc.* | 260,352 | ||||||
10,527 | Edwards Lifesciences Corp.* | 948,483 | ||||||
7,493 | Eli Lilly & Co. | 2,257,116 | ||||||
16,796 | Erasca, Inc.* | 151,500 | ||||||
15,763 | Exact Sciences Corp.* | 560,375 | ||||||
23,751 | Exelixis, Inc.* | 421,343 | ||||||
7,879 | Fulgent Genetics, Inc.* | 342,500 | ||||||
6,793 | Galapagos NV (Belgium)* | 342,491 | ||||||
24,375 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 1,547,081 | ||||||
6,582 | Globus Medical, Inc., Class A* | 389,589 | ||||||
12,680 | Guardant Health, Inc.* | 634,761 | ||||||
108,385 | HUTCHMED China Ltd. (China)* | 269,276 | ||||||
4,869 | Illumina, Inc.* | 981,785 | ||||||
1,541,593 | Imugene Ltd. (Australia)* | 274,778 | ||||||
3,116 | Insulet Corp.* | 796,045 | ||||||
8,755 | Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.* | 525,825 | ||||||
6,362 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc.* | 1,308,918 | ||||||
127,372 | Invitae Corp.*(a) | 387,211 | ||||||
2,578 | iRhythm Technologies, Inc.* | 380,126 | ||||||
16,686 | Johnson & Johnson | 2,692,119 | ||||||
38,496 | Koninklijke Philips NV (Netherlands) | 644,438 | ||||||
17,939 | Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc., Class A* | 374,387 | ||||||
4,772 | Masimo Corp.* | 700,959 | ||||||
21,202 | Medtronic PLC | 1,864,080 | ||||||
22,310 | Merck & Co., Inc. | 1,904,382 | ||||||
8,520 | Moderna, Inc.* | 1,126,940 | ||||||
9,223 | MorphoSys AG (Germany)* | 161,185 | ||||||
9,782 | Myriad Genetics, Inc.* | 218,530 | ||||||
12,382 | NextGen Healthcare, Inc.* | 212,227 | ||||||
24,675 | Novartis AG (Switzerland) | 2,000,648 | ||||||
15,892 | Novo Nordisk A/S ADR (Denmark) | 1,686,141 | ||||||
5,351 | NuVasive, Inc.* | 227,471 | ||||||
40,286 | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.* | 236,076 | ||||||
49,797 | Pfizer, Inc. | 2,252,318 | ||||||
17,036 | PHC Holdings Corp. (Japan) | 198,963 | ||||||
14,367 | PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 199,989 | ||||||
8,961 | PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp.* | 362,741 | ||||||
16,423 | Pulmonx Corp.* | 301,691 | ||||||
9,675 | QIAGEN NV* | 439,535 | ||||||
2,431 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 1,412,557 | ||||||
18,330 | Relay Therapeutics, Inc.* | 421,040 | ||||||
16,204 | Repare Therapeutics, Inc. (Canada)* | 193,152 | ||||||
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Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Health Care – (continued) | ||||||||
30,907 | ResMed, Inc. CDI | $ | 680,780 | |||||
7,800 | Roche Holding AG | 2,520,744 | ||||||
34,449 | Sana Biotechnology, Inc.*(a) | 234,598 | ||||||
46,464 | Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.* | 250,906 | ||||||
16,095 | Sanofi (France) | 1,330,028 | ||||||
4,725 | Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.* | 516,820 | ||||||
162,071 | Senseonics Holdings, Inc.*(a) | 288,486 | ||||||
74,046 | Shanghai MicroPort MedBot Group Co. Ltd. (China)* | 234,435 | ||||||
104,906 | Sharecare, Inc.* | 191,978 | ||||||
9,929 | SI-BONE, Inc.* | 163,828 | ||||||
26,478 | Siemens Healthineers AG (Germany)(b) | 1,297,434 | ||||||
44,525 | Smith & Nephew PLC (United Kingdom) | 526,124 | ||||||
114,454 | Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.* | 234,631 | ||||||
5,880 | Stryker Corp. | 1,206,576 | ||||||
20,940 | Takara Bio, Inc. (Japan) | 295,464 | ||||||
8,827 | Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.* | 403,747 | ||||||
12,765 | Teladoc Health, Inc.* | 396,481 | ||||||
23,612 | Theravance Biopharma, Inc.* | 212,744 | ||||||
3,624 | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 1,976,240 | ||||||
2,286 | UFP Technologies, Inc.* | 212,575 | ||||||
5,726 | Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | 273,073 | ||||||
2,203 | United Therapeutics Corp.* | 499,244 | ||||||
15,905 | Veracyte, Inc.* | 324,462 | ||||||
5,715 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 1,610,258 | ||||||
39,839 | Well Health Technologies Corp. (Canada)*(a) | 107,385 | ||||||
205,448 | Yidu Tech, Inc. (China)*(b) | 185,846 | ||||||
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67,838,120 | ||||||||
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Industrials – 5.8% | ||||||||
48,254 | ABB Ltd. (Switzerland) | 1,333,481 | ||||||
5,699 | AeroVironment, Inc.* | 505,216 | ||||||
2,522 | Alfen Beheer BV (Netherlands)*(b) | 286,060 | ||||||
3,883 | ASGN, Inc.* | 375,486 | ||||||
7,557 | Barnes Group, Inc. | 234,645 | ||||||
74,417 | Berkshire Grey, Inc.* | 150,322 | ||||||
14,075 | Blink Charging Co.*(a) | 300,783 | ||||||
1,655 | CACI International, Inc., Class A* | 464,840 | ||||||
5,814 | Daihen Corp. (Japan) | 174,053 | ||||||
147,432 | Desktop Metal, Inc., Class A*(a) | 468,834 | ||||||
1,274 | Energiekontor AG (Germany) | 112,478 | ||||||
6,895 | FANUC Corp. (Japan) | 1,120,857 | ||||||
22,632 | General Electric Co. | 1,662,094 | ||||||
20,086 | Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (Japan) | 393,099 | ||||||
19,519 | Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.* | 244,768 | ||||||
4,149 | Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 394,362 | ||||||
6,439 | LIG Nex1 Co. Ltd. (South Korea) | 510,287 | ||||||
21,727 | Lyft, Inc., Class A* | 320,039 | ||||||
66,948 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Japan) | 685,055 | ||||||
6,216 | Moog, Inc., Class A | 466,076 | ||||||
13,860 | Nabtesco Corp. (Japan) | 332,440 | ||||||
16,922 | Nidec Corp. (Japan) | 1,138,184 | ||||||
55,896 | Nikola Corp.*(a) | 299,603 | ||||||
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Schedule of Investments (continued)
August 31, 2022
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Industrials – (continued) | ||||||||
40,796 | Nordex SE (Germany)* | $ | 394,061 | |||||
9,054 | Parsons Corp.* | 374,655 | ||||||
10,560 | PNE AG (Germany) | 174,995 | ||||||
8,159 | Proto Labs, Inc.* | 313,306 | ||||||
24,416 | RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. (Israel)* | 244,892 | ||||||
8,825 | Shibaura Machine Co. Ltd. (Japan) | 195,439 | ||||||
44,256 | Siemens Energy AG (Germany) | 653,061 | ||||||
18,360 | SunPower Corp.* | 440,640 | ||||||
14,606 | Sunrun, Inc.* | 482,436 | ||||||
8,139 | Textron, Inc. | 507,711 | ||||||
4,384 | Thales SA (France) | 529,661 | ||||||
41,846 | TuSimple Holdings, Inc., Class A* | 300,873 | ||||||
3,983 | Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 745,458 | ||||||
37,435 | Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.*(a) | 221,241 | ||||||
10,655 | Wallbox NV (Spain)* | 94,616 | ||||||
395,721 | Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd., Class H (China)(a) | 591,904 | ||||||
88,826 | Xinte Energy Co. Ltd., Class H (China) | 233,132 | ||||||
18,502 | Yaskawa Electric Corp. (Japan) | 611,283 | ||||||
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19,082,426 | ||||||||
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|
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Information Technology – 31.9% | ||||||||
31,757 | 3D Systems Corp.* | 321,698 | ||||||
19,872 | ACI Worldwide, Inc.* | 470,966 | ||||||
3,619 | Adobe, Inc.* | 1,351,479 | ||||||
15,296 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* | 1,298,172 | ||||||
682 | Adyen NV (Netherlands)*(b) | 1,059,538 | ||||||
79,431 | Aeva Technologies, Inc.* | 244,647 | ||||||
19,828 | Affirm Holdings, Inc.*(a) | 464,570 | ||||||
34,348 | Agora, Inc. ADR (China)* | 142,201 | ||||||
2,684 | Ahnlab, Inc. (South Korea) | 168,158 | ||||||
4,967 | Akamai Technologies, Inc.* | 448,421 | ||||||
17,471 | Alkami Technology, Inc.* | 253,329 | ||||||
4,670 | Altair Engineering, Inc., Class A* | 242,887 | ||||||
5,636 | Alteryx, Inc., Class A* | 351,236 | ||||||
6,687 | Ambarella, Inc.* | 453,914 | ||||||
7,539 | Amphenol Corp., Class A | 554,343 | ||||||
42,659 | Apple, Inc. | 6,706,848 | ||||||
6,103 | Arista Networks, Inc.* | 731,628 | ||||||
25,426 | Atos SE (France)* | 258,611 | ||||||
4,235 | Autodesk, Inc.* | 854,369 | ||||||
51,527 | Avast PLC(b) | 423,895 | ||||||
37,153 | AvidXchange Holdings, Inc.* | 289,422 | ||||||
4,791 | Belden, Inc. | 313,715 | ||||||
20,343 | Bentley Systems, Inc., Class B | 748,012 | ||||||
18,737 | BigCommerce Holdings, Inc.Series Series 1* | 312,346 | ||||||
71,706 | BlackBerry Ltd. (Canada)* | 425,934 | ||||||
25,946 | Block, Inc.* | 1,787,939 | ||||||
326,399 | BrainChip Holdings Ltd. (Australia)*(a) | 211,456 | ||||||
2,809 | Broadcom, Inc. | 1,402,000 | ||||||
15,505 | C3.ai, Inc., Class A* | 279,090 | ||||||
45,636 | Canaan, Inc. ADR (China)*(a) | 160,182 | ||||||
7,260 | Canadian Solar, Inc. (Canada)* | 327,934 | ||||||
7,421 | CEVA, Inc.* | 217,213 | ||||||
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Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Information Technology – (continued) | ||||||||
7,177 | Ciena Corp.* | 364,161 | ||||||
38,838 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1,736,835 | ||||||
7,426 | Cloudflare, Inc., Class A* | 464,645 | ||||||
10,830 | Cognex Corp. | 456,051 | ||||||
44,705 | Converge Technology Solutions Corp. (Canada)* | 194,236 | ||||||
91,520 | Core Scientific, Inc.* | 201,344 | ||||||
14,878 | Corning, Inc. | 510,613 | ||||||
5,453 | Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A* | 995,772 | ||||||
3,423 | CyberArk Software Ltd.* | 493,870 | ||||||
24,530 | Dassault Systemes (France) | 951,497 | ||||||
8,715 | Digi International, Inc.* | 288,554 | ||||||
5,228 | Digital Garage, Inc. (Japan) | 147,459 | ||||||
19,103 | Dlocal Ltd. (Uruguay)* | 475,092 | ||||||
8,170 | DocuSign, Inc.* | 475,657 | ||||||
21,897 | EngageSmart, Inc.* | 437,283 | ||||||
5,802 | Euronet Worldwide, Inc.* | 514,405 | ||||||
1,919 | ExlService Holdings, Inc.* | 321,835 | ||||||
24,158 | Extreme Networks, Inc.* | 346,184 | ||||||
1,032 | Fair Isaac Corp.* | 463,781 | ||||||
5,037 | FARO Technologies, Inc.* | 168,991 | ||||||
11,850 | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 1,082,734 | ||||||
6,138 | First Solar, Inc.* | 782,902 | ||||||
3,465 | FleetCor Technologies, Inc.* | 736,416 | ||||||
17,814 | Flywire Corp.* | 442,856 | ||||||
9,422 | ForgeRock, Inc., Class A* | 160,739 | ||||||
18,458 | Fortinet, Inc.* | 898,720 | ||||||
7,426 | Global Payments, Inc. | 922,532 | ||||||
1,954 | Globant SA* | 411,845 | ||||||
54,119 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 736,018 | ||||||
23,492 | HP, Inc. | 674,455 | ||||||
38,711 | indie Semiconductor, Inc., Class A (China)* | 329,431 | ||||||
33,708 | Infineon Technologies AG (Germany) | 823,651 | ||||||
39,821 | Infinera Corp.* | 218,219 | ||||||
63,209 | Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Israel)* | 317,309 | ||||||
83,437 | Intel Corp. | 2,663,309 | ||||||
5,990 | InterDigital, Inc. | 300,458 | ||||||
11,323 | International Business Machines Corp. | 1,454,439 | ||||||
2,839 | IPG Photonics Corp.* | 257,185 | ||||||
3,367 | Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | 647,137 | ||||||
16,217 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 460,887 | ||||||
10,284 | Kainos Group PLC (United Kingdom) | 162,983 | ||||||
3,155 | Keyence Corp. (Japan) | 1,202,598 | ||||||
5,479 | Keysight Technologies, Inc.* | 897,953 | ||||||
15,688 | KnowBe4, Inc., Class A* | 301,523 | ||||||
6,075 | Kontron AG (Austria) | 92,669 | ||||||
71,390 | Learning Technologies Group PLC (United Kingdom) | 94,699 | ||||||
19,007 | Mandiant, Inc.* | 434,500 | ||||||
29,477 | Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.*(a) | 349,302 | ||||||
17,189 | Marvell Technology, Inc. | 804,789 | ||||||
7,781 | Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 2,523,923 | ||||||
11,411 | Materialise NV ADR (Belgium) *(a) | 133,395 | ||||||
6,311 | MaxLinear, Inc.* | 226,754 | ||||||
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44 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
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Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Information Technology – (continued) | ||||||||
11,005 | Micron Technology, Inc. | $ | 622,113 | |||||
24,933 | Microsoft Corp. | 6,519,232 | ||||||
1,465 | MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A* | 339,235 | ||||||
8,733 | nCino, Inc.* | 275,439 | ||||||
13,736 | NCR Corp.* | 426,503 | ||||||
6,108 | Nemetschek SE (Germany) | 361,758 | ||||||
10,028 | NETGEAR, Inc.* | 236,561 | ||||||
9,437 | NetScout Systems, Inc.* | 299,530 | ||||||
38,351 | NEXTDC Ltd. (Australia)* | 275,798 | ||||||
2,396 | Nice Ltd. ADR (Israel)* | 511,235 | ||||||
144,348 | Nokia OYJ ADR (Finland) | 728,957 | ||||||
18,006 | NortonLifeLock, Inc. | 406,756 | ||||||
2,580 | Novanta, Inc.* | 344,920 | ||||||
10,481 | Nuvei Corp. (Canada)*(b) | 321,649 | ||||||
37,145 | NVIDIA Corp. | 5,606,666 | ||||||
3,867 | NXP Semiconductors NV (China) | 636,431 | ||||||
6,524 | Okta, Inc.* | 596,294 | ||||||
11,426 | Open Text Corp. (Canada) | 359,690 | ||||||
12,929 | Oracle Corp. | 958,685 | ||||||
3,765 | OSI Systems, Inc.* | 313,700 | ||||||
30,533 | Pagseguro Digital Ltd., Class A (Brazil)* | 474,483 | ||||||
1,949 | Palo Alto Networks, Inc.* | 1,085,223 | ||||||
104,683 | PAX Global Technology Ltd. (Hong Kong) | 100,297 | ||||||
61,311 | Payoneer Global, Inc.* | 405,879 | ||||||
20,317 | PayPal Holdings, Inc.* | 1,898,420 | ||||||
193,061 | Paysafe Ltd.* | 318,551 | ||||||
12,442 | Ping Identity Holding Corp.* | 350,118 | ||||||
3,528 | PTC, Inc.* | 405,332 | ||||||
10,893 | Q2 Holdings, Inc.* | 432,670 | ||||||
3,447 | Qorvo, Inc.* | 309,472 | ||||||
11,377 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 1,504,836 | ||||||
25,078 | Repay Holdings Corp.* | 232,975 | ||||||
46,267 | Riot Blockchain, Inc.*(a) | 331,734 | ||||||
36,497 | Sabre Corp.* | 262,413 | ||||||
8,158 | Salesforce, Inc.* | 1,273,627 | ||||||
9,799 | SAP SE (Germany) | 836,947 | ||||||
29,527 | Seiko Epson Corp. (Japan) | 467,746 | ||||||
8,144 | Semtech Corp.* | 376,171 | ||||||
20,501 | SentinelOne, Inc., Class A* | 559,882 | ||||||
10,575 | Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A* | 478,942 | ||||||
49,111 | Shopify, Inc., Class A (Canada)* | 1,554,363 | ||||||
5,561 | Sierra Wireless, Inc. (Canada)* | 171,168 | ||||||
2,983 | Silicon Laboratories, Inc.* | 373,859 | ||||||
6,718 | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | 662,059 | ||||||
8,133 | Software AG (Germany) | 221,300 | ||||||
53,041 | Spirent Communications PLC (United Kingdom) | 159,234 | ||||||
5,241 | Splunk, Inc.* | 471,847 | ||||||
5,052 | Sprout Social, Inc., Class A* | 303,322 | ||||||
15,301 | SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | 853,184 | ||||||
25,306 | STMicroelectronics NV (Singapore) | 884,137 | ||||||
34,368 | StoneCo Ltd., Class A (Brazil)* | 325,809 | ||||||
21,226 | Stratasys Ltd.* | 366,361 | ||||||
3,105 | Synaptics, Inc.* | 358,969 | ||||||
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Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Information Technology – (continued) | ||||||||
24,118 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR (Taiwan) | 2,010,235 | ||||||
11,782 | TaskUS, Inc., Class A (Philippines)* | 175,316 | ||||||
23,215 | Telos Corp.* | 229,829 | ||||||
19,344 | TELUS International CDA, Inc. (Philippines)* | 551,304 | ||||||
8,019 | Tenable Holdings, Inc.* | 317,633 | ||||||
13,850 | Teradyne, Inc. | 1,172,264 | ||||||
24,488 | Toast, Inc., Class A* | 463,558 | ||||||
34,634 | TomTom NV (Netherlands)* | 279,480 | ||||||
592,051 | Truly International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong) | 130,497 | ||||||
4,208 | TTEC Holdings, Inc. | 220,289 | ||||||
88,605 | Tuya, Inc. ADR (China)* | 116,959 | ||||||
34,416 | UiPath, Inc., Class A* | 566,143 | ||||||
7,145 | Viasat, Inc.* | 271,367 | ||||||
13,081 | Visa, Inc., Class A | 2,599,326 | ||||||
2,545 | Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A* | 767,674 | ||||||
39,290 | Zeta Global Holdings Corp., Class A*(a) | 275,030 | ||||||
4,261 | Zscaler, Inc.* | 678,522 | ||||||
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104,608,656 | ||||||||
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|
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Real Estate – 0.6% | ||||||||
6,151 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT | 760,448 | ||||||
1,341 | Equinix, Inc. REIT | 881,533 | ||||||
13,556 | Zillow Group, Inc., Class A* | 452,771 | ||||||
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2,094,752 | ||||||||
|
|
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Utilities – 1.3% | ||||||||
9,238 | Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC (Spain) | 308,734 | ||||||
15,623 | Avangrid, Inc. | 771,776 | ||||||
16,828 | Brookfield Renewable Corp., Class A | 646,027 | ||||||
10,597 | Brookfield Renewable Partners LP (Canada) | 395,527 | ||||||
12,289 | Dominion Energy, Inc. | 1,005,240 | ||||||
1,078,372 | Huaneng Power International, Inc., Class H (China)* | 552,317 | ||||||
27,178 | Innergex Renewable Energy, Inc. (Canada) | 411,945 | ||||||
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4,091,566 | ||||||||
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|
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TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||||
(Cost $378,559,334) | $ | 326,553,772 | ||||||
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|
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Closed-End Fund – 0.1% | ||||||||
194,160 | Greencoat UK Wind PLC/Funds | |||||||
(Cost $349,743) | $ | 372,098 | ||||||
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GOLDMAN SACHS INNOVATE EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments (continued)
August 31, 2022
Shares |
Description | Rate | Value | |||||||||
Preferred Stock – 0.1% | ||||||||||||
Communication Services – 0.1% | ||||||||||||
30,705 | AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.* | |||||||||||
(Cost $220,403) | 0.00 | % | $ | 150,454 | ||||||||
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|
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE
SECURITIES LENDING REINVESTMENT VEHICLE |
| ||||||||||
(Cost $379,129,480) | $ | 327,076,324 | ||||||||||
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|
Shares | Dividend Rate |
Value | ||||||
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 2.1%(d) | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund – Institutional Shares |
| |||||||
6,943,097 |
2.154 | % | $ | 6,943,097 | ||||
(Cost $6,943,097) |
| |||||||
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 102.0% |
| |||||||
(Cost $386,072,577) |
|
$ | 334,019,421 | |||||
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LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS – (2.0)% |
|
(6,489,122 | ) | |||||
|
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NET ASSETS – 100.0% |
|
$ | 327,530,299 | |||||
|
The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. | ||
* |
Non-income producing security. | |
(a) |
All or a portion of security is on loan. | |
(b) |
Exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. | |
(c) |
Significant unobservable inputs were used in the valuation of this portfolio security; i.e. Level 3. | |
(d) |
Represents an affiliated issuer. |
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Investment Abbreviations: | ||
ADR |
—American Depositary Receipt | |
GDR |
—Global Depositary Receipt | |
LP |
—Limited Partnership | |
PLC |
—Public Limited Company | |
REIT |
—Real Estate Investment Trust | |
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46 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS JUST U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF
Schedule of Investments
August 31, 2022
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – 99.7% | ||||||||
Communication Services – 7.4% | ||||||||
51,163 | Alphabet, Inc., Class A* | $ | 5,536,860 | |||||
46,742 | Alphabet, Inc., Class C* | 5,101,889 | ||||||
71,670 | AT&T, Inc. | 1,257,092 | ||||||
1,157 | Charter Communications, Inc., Class A* | 477,413 | ||||||
2,949 | Electronic Arts, Inc. | 374,140 | ||||||
3,259 | Fox Corp., Class A | 111,393 | ||||||
1,524 | Fox Corp., Class B | 48,189 | ||||||
4,133 | Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) | 114,236 | ||||||
208 | Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A* | 20,971 | ||||||
1,291 | Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C* | 131,295 | ||||||
220 | Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A* | 12,789 | ||||||
2,108 | Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class C* | 134,237 | ||||||
787 | Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A* | 32,692 | ||||||
1,629 | Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C* | 67,375 | ||||||
10,272 | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | 102,309 | ||||||
4,603 | Netflix, Inc.* | 1,029,047 | ||||||
100 | Paramount Global, Class A(a) | 2,642 | ||||||
6,060 | Paramount Global, Class B | 141,743 | ||||||
4,882 | Pinterest, Inc., Class A* | 112,481 | ||||||
5,961 | T-Mobile US, Inc.* | 858,146 | ||||||
6,338 | Twitter, Inc.* | 245,597 | ||||||
42,071 | Verizon Communications, Inc. | 1,758,988 | ||||||
19,165 | Walt Disney Co. (The)* | 2,148,013 | ||||||
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|
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19,819,537 | ||||||||
|
|
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Consumer Discretionary – 10.5% | ||||||||
639 | Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 107,761 | ||||||
93,483 | Amazon.com, Inc.* | 11,850,840 | ||||||
2,841 | Aptiv PLC* | 265,435 | ||||||
2,437 | Aramark | 87,025 | ||||||
2,111 | Best Buy Co., Inc. | 149,227 | ||||||
425 | Booking Holdings, Inc.* | 797,219 | ||||||
2,507 | BorgWarner, Inc. | 94,514 | ||||||
749 | Brunswick Corp. | 55,958 | ||||||
2,153 | Caesars Entertainment, Inc.* | 92,837 | ||||||
1,686 | CarMax, Inc.* | 149,110 | ||||||
9,116 | Carnival Corp.* | 86,237 | ||||||
296 | Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.* | 472,653 | ||||||
1,310 | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | 162,060 | ||||||
289 | Deckers Outdoor Corp.* | 92,934 | ||||||
583 | Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | 62,014 | ||||||
5,886 | eBay, Inc. | 259,749 | ||||||
1,329 | Etsy, Inc.* | 140,356 | ||||||
1,586 | Expedia Group, Inc.* | 162,803 | ||||||
41,445 | Ford Motor Co. | 631,622 | ||||||
2,078 | Gap, Inc. (The) | 18,993 | ||||||
1,623 | Garmin Ltd. | 143,619 | ||||||
15,292 | General Motors Co. | 584,307 | ||||||
336 | Grand Canyon Education, Inc.* | 27,344 | ||||||
1,410 | Harley-Davidson, Inc. | 54,384 | ||||||
1,378 | Hasbro, Inc. | 108,614 | ||||||
2,880 | Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | 366,797 | ||||||
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10,866 | Home Depot, Inc. (The) | 3,133,972 | ||||||
1,344 | Kohl’s Corp. | 38,196 | ||||||
3,473 | Las Vegas Sands Corp.* | 130,689 | ||||||
623 | Lear Corp. | 86,373 | ||||||
6,959 | Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | 1,351,020 | ||||||
1,172 | Lululemon Athletica, Inc.* | 351,553 | ||||||
426 | Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. | 60,671 | ||||||
3,690 | Mattel, Inc.* | 81,623 | ||||||
3,741 | MGM Resorts International | 122,106 | ||||||
12,889 | NIKE, Inc., Class B | 1,372,034 | ||||||
1,174 | Nordstrom, Inc. | 20,087 | ||||||
4,393 | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.* | 57,460 | ||||||
842 | Petco Health & Wellness Co., Inc.* | 12,563 | ||||||
2,483 | PulteGroup, Inc. | 100,959 | ||||||
708 | PVH Corp. | 39,825 | ||||||
483 | Ralph Lauren Corp. | 44,112 | ||||||
3,627 | Ross Stores, Inc. | 312,901 | ||||||
2,313 | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.* | 94,486 | ||||||
1,625 | Service Corp. International | 100,279 | ||||||
12,057 | Starbucks Corp. | 1,013,632 | ||||||
2,777 | Tapestry, Inc. | 96,445 | ||||||
4,873 | Target Corp. | 781,337 | ||||||
1,799 | Tempur Sealy International, Inc. | 44,993 | ||||||
556 | Thor Industries, Inc. | 45,041 | ||||||
12,348 | TJX Cos., Inc. (The) | 769,898 | ||||||
1,174 | Tractor Supply Co. | 217,366 | ||||||
883 | Travel + Leisure Co. | 37,439 | ||||||
1,976 | Under Armour, Inc., Class A* | 16,638 | ||||||
2,291 | Under Armour, Inc., Class C* | 17,389 | ||||||
3,671 | VF Corp. | 152,163 | ||||||
577 | Whirlpool Corp. | 90,358 | ||||||
732 | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 108,885 | ||||||
951 | Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 62,138 | ||||||
1,117 | Wynn Resorts Ltd.* | 67,679 | ||||||
3,032 | Yum! Brands, Inc. | 337,280 | ||||||
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6,466 | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 568,297 | ||||||
1,620 | Bunge Ltd. | 160,655 | ||||||
2,238 | Campbell Soup Co. | 112,750 | ||||||
1,427 | Clorox Co. (The) | 205,973 | ||||||
9,560 | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 747,688 | ||||||
5,435 | Conagra Brands, Inc. | 186,855 | ||||||
4,660 | Costco Wholesale Corp. | 2,432,986 | ||||||
6,958 | General Mills, Inc. | 534,374 | ||||||
1,686 | Hershey Co. (The) | 378,794 | ||||||
3,306 | Hormel Foods Corp. | 166,226 | ||||||
764 | Ingredion, Inc. | 66,521 | ||||||
2,911 | Kellogg Co. | 211,746 | ||||||
9,898 | Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. | 377,312 | ||||||
3,882 | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 495,033 | ||||||
7,569 | Kroger Co. (The) | 362,858 | ||||||
2,891 | McCormick & Co., Inc. | 243,046 | ||||||
2,022 | Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B | 104,477 | ||||||
15,960 | Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 987,286 | ||||||
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15,969 | PepsiCo, Inc. | $ | 2,750,980 | |||||
27,607 | Procter & Gamble Co. (The) | 3,808,109 | ||||||
5,865 | Sysco Corp. | 482,220 | ||||||
2,571 | US Foods Holding Corp.* | 78,724 | ||||||
15,163 | Walmart, Inc. | 2,009,856 | ||||||
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9,195 | Baker Hughes Co. | 232,266 | ||||||
2,514 | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | 402,693 | ||||||
19,542 | Chevron Corp. | 3,088,809 | ||||||
12,867 | ConocoPhillips | 1,408,293 | ||||||
6,533 | Devon Energy Corp. | 461,361 | ||||||
3,659 | EQT Corp. | 174,900 | ||||||
41,921 | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 4,007,228 | ||||||
2,799 | Hess Corp. | 338,063 | ||||||
19,745 | Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 361,728 | ||||||
5,367 | Marathon Petroleum Corp. | 540,725 | ||||||
8,134 | Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 577,514 | ||||||
4,414 | ONEOK, Inc. | 270,269 | ||||||
4,780 | Phillips 66 | 427,619 | ||||||
4,045 | Valero Energy Corp. | 473,750 | ||||||
12,103 | Williams Cos., Inc. (The) | 411,865 | ||||||
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393 | Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. | 50,052 | ||||||
6,561 | Aflac, Inc. | 389,855 | ||||||
136 | Alleghany Corp.* | 114,400 | ||||||
2,815 | Allstate Corp. (The) | 339,207 | ||||||
3,309 | Ally Financial, Inc. | 109,859 | ||||||
5,914 | American Express Co. | 898,928 | ||||||
1,127 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 302,047 | ||||||
2,158 | Aon PLC, Class A | 602,643 | ||||||
3,696 | Arch Capital Group Ltd.* | 168,981 | ||||||
556 | Assurant, Inc. | 88,120 | ||||||
630 | Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 32,174 | ||||||
797 | Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 42,361 | ||||||
72,165 | Bank of America Corp. | 2,425,466 | ||||||
7,543 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) | 313,261 | ||||||
1,200 | Bank OZK | 48,636 | ||||||
1,541 | BlackRock, Inc. | 1,026,907 | ||||||
769 | Brighthouse Financial, Inc.* | 36,566 | ||||||
3,883 | Capital One Financial Corp. | 410,899 | ||||||
1,089 | Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 128,469 | ||||||
15,615 | Charles Schwab Corp. (The) | 1,107,884 | ||||||
20,259 | Citigroup, Inc. | 988,842 | ||||||
5,009 | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 183,730 | ||||||
1,340 | Comerica, Inc. | 107,602 | ||||||
1,125 | Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 77,366 | ||||||
2,880 | Discover Financial Services | 289,411 | ||||||
3,932 | Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 116,977 | ||||||
389 | FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 168,569 | ||||||
6,995 | Fifth Third Bancorp | 238,879 | ||||||
1,070 | First American Financial Corp. | 57,245 | ||||||
1,837 | First Republic Bank | 278,912 | ||||||
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3,418 | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(b) | 1,137,066 | ||||||
364 | Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The) | 47,098 | ||||||
3,371 | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 216,789 | ||||||
14,734 | Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | 197,436 | ||||||
5,670 | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 571,820 | ||||||
3,831 | Invesco Ltd. | 63,097 | ||||||
1,411 | Janus Henderson Group PLC | 33,017 | ||||||
2,148 | Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | 68,929 | ||||||
29,971 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3,408,602 | ||||||
9,536 | KeyCorp | 168,692 | ||||||
967 | Lazard Ltd., Class A(a) | 35,150 | ||||||
1,757 | Lincoln National Corp. | 80,927 | ||||||
815 | LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | 180,384 | ||||||
5,149 | Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 830,894 | ||||||
7,043 | MetLife, Inc. | 453,076 | ||||||
3,090 | MGIC Investment Corp. | 44,156 | ||||||
1,644 | Moody’s Corp. | 467,751 | ||||||
13,110 | Morgan Stanley | 1,117,234 | ||||||
253 | Morningstar, Inc. | 57,681 | ||||||
807 | MSCI, Inc. | 362,537 | ||||||
3,525 | Nasdaq, Inc. | 209,843 | ||||||
1,191 | PacWest Bancorp | 31,359 | ||||||
4,239 | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) | 669,762 | ||||||
2,570 | Principal Financial Group, Inc. | 192,133 | ||||||
6,001 | Progressive Corp. (The) | 736,023 | ||||||
3,850 | Prudential Financial, Inc. | 368,638 | ||||||
9,598 | Regions Financial Corp. | 207,989 | ||||||
688 | Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 86,248 | ||||||
3,487 | S&P Global, Inc. | 1,228,052 | ||||||
601 | SVB Financial Group* | 244,319 | ||||||
4,906 | Synchrony Financial | 160,672 | ||||||
2,297 | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 275,640 | ||||||
2,460 | Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) | 397,634 | ||||||
13,658 | Truist Financial Corp. | 639,741 | ||||||
2,220 | Umpqua Holdings Corp. | 39,383 | ||||||
2,057 | Unum Group | 77,857 | ||||||
13,789 | US Bancorp | 628,916 | ||||||
1,047 | Voya Financial, Inc. | 64,422 | ||||||
1,833 | Webster Financial Corp. | 86,243 | ||||||
38,966 | Wells Fargo & Co. | 1,703,204 | ||||||
1,138 | Willis Towers Watson PLC | 235,373 | ||||||
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751 | 10X Genomics, Inc., Class A* | 24,775 | ||||||
14,168 | Abbott Laboratories | 1,454,345 | ||||||
14,601 | AbbVie, Inc. | 1,963,250 | ||||||
2,475 | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 317,419 | ||||||
645 | Align Technology, Inc.* | 157,186 | ||||||
994 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 205,430 | ||||||
1,721 | AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 252,230 | ||||||
4,410 | Amgen, Inc. | 1,059,723 | ||||||
4,156 | Baxter International, Inc. | 238,804 | ||||||
2,343 | Becton Dickinson and Co. | 591,420 | ||||||
1,201 | Biogen, Inc.* | 234,651 | ||||||
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1,523 | BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.* | $ | 135,852 | |||||
11,786 | Boston Scientific Corp.* | 475,094 | ||||||
17,596 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 1,186,146 | ||||||
2,250 | Cardinal Health, Inc. | 159,120 | ||||||
1,406 | Catalent, Inc.* | 123,728 | ||||||
4,800 | Centene Corp.* | 430,752 | ||||||
2,134 | Change Healthcare, Inc.* | 52,432 | ||||||
2,583 | Cigna Corp. | 732,151 | ||||||
15,145 | CVS Health Corp. | 1,486,482 | ||||||
5,346 | Danaher Corp. | 1,442,939 | ||||||
1,766 | DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 57,872 | ||||||
5,102 | Edwards Lifesciences Corp.* | 459,690 | ||||||
1,988 | Elevance Health, Inc. | 964,399 | ||||||
6,963 | Eli Lilly & Co. | 2,097,464 | ||||||
2,609 | Exelixis, Inc.* | 46,284 | ||||||
10,372 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 658,311 | ||||||
1,864 | HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 368,830 | ||||||
1,132 | Henry Schein, Inc.* | 83,100 | ||||||
2,032 | Hologic, Inc.* | 137,282 | ||||||
1,855 | Horizon Therapeutics PLC* | 109,835 | ||||||
1,040 | Humana, Inc. | 501,051 | ||||||
691 | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.* | 240,205 | ||||||
1,299 | Illumina, Inc.* | 261,930 | ||||||
2,959 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc.* | 608,785 | ||||||
1,553 | IQVIA Holdings, Inc.* | 330,261 | ||||||
21,738 | Johnson & Johnson | 3,507,209 | ||||||
764 | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 172,106 | ||||||
11,040 | Medtronic PLC | 970,637 | ||||||
20,897 | Merck & Co., Inc. | 1,783,768 | ||||||
219 | Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.* | 265,529 | ||||||
2,838 | Moderna, Inc.* | 375,382 | ||||||
46,691 | Pfizer, Inc. | 2,111,834 | ||||||
965 | Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 120,924 | ||||||
860 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 499,712 | ||||||
1,191 | ResMed, Inc. | 261,925 | ||||||
1,123 | Seagen, Inc.* | 173,268 | ||||||
2,900 | Stryker Corp. | 595,080 | ||||||
1,325 | Teladoc Health, Inc.* | 41,154 | ||||||
3,232 | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 1,762,474 | ||||||
7,729 | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 4,013,902 | ||||||
1,150 | Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A* | 229,218 | ||||||
2,111 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* | 594,795 | ||||||
587 | Waters Corp.* | 175,278 | ||||||
610 | West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | 180,981 | ||||||
1,734 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 184,359 | ||||||
3,886 | Zoetis, Inc. | 608,276 | ||||||
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5,573 | 3M Co. | 693,003 | ||||||
1,309 | AECOM | 95,753 | ||||||
1,301 | Alaska Air Group, Inc.* | 56,672 | ||||||
6,787 | American Airlines Group, Inc.* | 88,163 | ||||||
5,381 | Boeing Co. (The)* | 862,305 | ||||||
1,290 | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. | 123,453 | ||||||
8,323 | Carrier Global Corp. | 325,596 | ||||||
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5,243 | Caterpillar, Inc. | 968,434 | ||||||
1,228 | C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | 140,176 | ||||||
681 | Clean Harbors, Inc.* | 79,963 | ||||||
21,335 | CSX Corp. | 675,253 | ||||||
1,381 | Cummins, Inc. | 297,426 | ||||||
2,750 | Deere & Co. | 1,004,437 | ||||||
6,723 | Delta Air Lines, Inc.* | 208,884 | ||||||
1,409 | Dover Corp. | 176,069 | ||||||
3,923 | Eaton Corp. PLC | 536,039 | ||||||
5,803 | Emerson Electric Co. | 474,337 | ||||||
2,367 | FedEx Corp. | 498,987 | ||||||
1,283 | Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. | 78,815 | ||||||
333 | FTI Consulting, Inc.* | 53,480 | ||||||
2,421 | General Dynamics Corp. | 554,240 | ||||||
10,761 | General Electric Co. | 790,288 | ||||||
6,689 | Honeywell International, Inc. | 1,266,562 | ||||||
386 | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 88,880 | ||||||
746 | IDEX Corp. | 150,103 | ||||||
3,043 | Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | 592,868 | ||||||
3,987 | Ingersoll Rand, Inc. | 188,864 | ||||||
1,257 | Jacobs Solutions, Inc. | 156,597 | ||||||
6,831 | Johnson Controls International PLC | 369,830 | ||||||
1,890 | L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 431,279 | ||||||
1,157 | Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 109,973 | ||||||
320 | Lennox International, Inc. | 76,838 | ||||||
550 | Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. | 75,179 | ||||||
2,330 | Lockheed Martin Corp. | 978,856 | ||||||
3,220 | Lyft, Inc., Class A* | 47,431 | ||||||
1,979 | MDU Resources Group, Inc. | 59,667 | ||||||
3,764 | Nielsen Holdings PLC | 104,790 | ||||||
1,441 | Northrop Grumman Corp. | 688,784 | ||||||
1,624 | nVent Electric PLC | 53,527 | ||||||
642 | Oshkosh Corp. | 51,206 | ||||||
4,154 | Otis Worldwide Corp. | 300,002 | ||||||
951 | Owens Corning | 77,725 | ||||||
1,394 | Quanta Services, Inc. | 196,972 | ||||||
14,610 | Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 1,311,247 | ||||||
2,740 | Republic Services, Inc. | 391,053 | ||||||
1,141 | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | 270,349 | ||||||
531 | Schneider National, Inc., Class B | 12,139 | ||||||
6,224 | Southwest Airlines Co.* | 228,421 | ||||||
1,482 | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 130,564 | ||||||
2,108 | Textron, Inc. | 131,497 | ||||||
633 | Timken Co. (The) | 39,873 | ||||||
2,290 | Trane Technologies PLC | 352,820 | ||||||
1,889 | TransUnion | 139,540 | ||||||
19,873 | Uber Technologies, Inc.* | 571,547 | ||||||
3,427 | United Airlines Holdings, Inc.* | 119,979 | ||||||
7,222 | United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 1,404,751 | ||||||
703 | United Rentals, Inc.* | 205,304 | ||||||
1,524 | Verisk Analytics, Inc. | 285,232 | ||||||
5,523 | Waste Management, Inc. | 933,553 | ||||||
1,774 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | 155,491 | ||||||
445 | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 246,948 | ||||||
1,756 | Xylem, Inc. | 159,972 | ||||||
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Information Technology – 28.5% | ||||||||
6,227 | Accenture PLC, Class A | $ | 1,796,240 | |||||
4,014 | Adobe, Inc.* | 1,498,988 | ||||||
13,738 | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.* | 1,165,944 | ||||||
1,346 | Akamai Technologies, Inc.* | 121,517 | ||||||
4,438 | Analog Devices, Inc. | 672,490 | ||||||
740 | ANSYS, Inc.* | 183,742 | ||||||
130,088 | Apple, Inc. | 20,452,435 | ||||||
7,498 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 705,337 | ||||||
1,852 | Autodesk, Inc.* | 373,623 | ||||||
4,105 | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 1,003,303 | ||||||
5,083 | Block, Inc.* | 350,270 | ||||||
3,398 | Broadcom, Inc. | 1,695,976 | ||||||
1,196 | Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | 204,719 | ||||||
2,318 | Cadence Design Systems, Inc.* | 402,799 | ||||||
1,149 | CDW Corp. | 196,134 | ||||||
1,513 | Ciena Corp.* | 76,770 | ||||||
41,621 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1,861,291 | ||||||
1,073 | Citrix Systems, Inc. | 110,272 | ||||||
4,422 | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 279,338 | ||||||
6,419 | Corning, Inc. | 220,300 | ||||||
2,273 | Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C | 87,033 | ||||||
1,680 | DocuSign, Inc.* | 97,810 | ||||||
546 | Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A | 39,989 | ||||||
2,385 | Dropbox, Inc., Class A* | 51,015 | ||||||
2,079 | DXC Technology Co.* | 51,518 | ||||||
645 | Elastic NV* | 54,122 | ||||||
516 | F5, Inc.* | 81,043 | ||||||
5,995 | Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | 547,763 | ||||||
5,572 | Fortinet, Inc.* | 271,301 | ||||||
669 | Gartner, Inc.* | 190,879 | ||||||
1,374 | GoDaddy, Inc., Class A* | 104,177 | ||||||
11,038 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | 150,117 | ||||||
8,957 | HP, Inc. | 257,155 | ||||||
387 | HubSpot, Inc.* | 130,434 | ||||||
34,812 | Intel Corp. | 1,111,199 | ||||||
7,654 | International Business Machines Corp. | 983,156 | ||||||
2,342 | Intuit, Inc. | 1,011,229 | ||||||
1,170 | Jabil, Inc. | 70,551 | ||||||
3,197 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 90,859 | ||||||
1,776 | Keysight Technologies, Inc.* | 291,069 | ||||||
1,271 | KLA Corp. | 437,389 | ||||||
1,177 | Lam Research Corp. | 515,420 | ||||||
7,214 | Marvell Technology, Inc. | 337,759 | ||||||
8,461 | Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 2,744,495 | ||||||
9,487 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 536,300 | ||||||
63,655 | Microsoft Corp. | 16,643,873 | ||||||
546 | MKS Instruments, Inc. | 54,387 | ||||||
535 | MongoDB, Inc.* | 172,730 | ||||||
1,649 | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 401,383 | ||||||
1,112 | National Instruments Corp. | 44,213 | ||||||
1,891 | NetApp, Inc. | 136,398 | ||||||
436 | New Relic, Inc.* | 26,470 | ||||||
4,796 | NortonLifeLock, Inc. | 108,342 | ||||||
1,786 | Nutanix, Inc., Class A* | 30,898 | ||||||
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20,489 | NVIDIA Corp. | 3,092,610 | ||||||
1,058 | Okta, Inc.* | 96,701 | ||||||
3,685 | ON Semiconductor Corp.* | 253,417 | ||||||
12,871 | Oracle Corp. | 954,385 | ||||||
821 | Palo Alto Networks, Inc.* | 457,141 | ||||||
11,375 | PayPal Holdings, Inc.* | 1,062,880 | ||||||
9,531 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 1,260,665 | ||||||
718 | RingCentral, Inc., Class A* | 30,903 | ||||||
8,187 | Salesforce, Inc.* | 1,278,154 | ||||||
1,704 | ServiceNow, Inc.* | 740,592 | ||||||
1,366 | Splunk, Inc.* | 122,981 | ||||||
1,297 | Synopsys, Inc.* | 448,788 | ||||||
888 | Teradata Corp.* | 29,215 | ||||||
7,842 | Texas Instruments, Inc. | 1,295,577 | ||||||
1,460 | Twilio, Inc., Class A* | 101,587 | ||||||
370 | Universal Display Corp. | 41,340 | ||||||
813 | VeriSign, Inc.* | 148,145 | ||||||
16,173 | Visa, Inc., Class A | 3,213,737 | ||||||
1,515 | VMware, Inc., Class A | 175,785 | ||||||
2,664 | Western Digital Corp.* | 112,581 | ||||||
3,777 | Western Union Co. (The) | 55,975 | ||||||
1,658 | Workday, Inc., Class A* | 272,840 | ||||||
516 | Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A* | 155,646 | ||||||
1,030 | Zendesk, Inc.* | 79,073 | ||||||
2,144 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A* | 172,378 | ||||||
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Materials – 2.5% | ||||||||
2,261 | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 570,790 | ||||||
1,192 | Albemarle Corp. | 319,408 | ||||||
1,880 | Alcoa Corp. | 93,022 | ||||||
640 | AptarGroup, Inc. | 65,798 | ||||||
828 | Avery Dennison Corp. | 152,037 | ||||||
3,078 | Ball Corp. | 171,783 | ||||||
1,282 | Berry Global Group, Inc.* | 69,651 | ||||||
1,106 | Celanese Corp. | 122,611 | ||||||
2,122 | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 219,542 | ||||||
1,572 | Chemours Co. (The) | 53,024 | ||||||
8,364 | Corteva, Inc. | 513,801 | ||||||
7,434 | Dow, Inc. | 379,134 | ||||||
4,995 | DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | 277,922 | ||||||
1,311 | Eastman Chemical Co. | 119,301 | ||||||
2,530 | Ecolab, Inc. | 414,490 | ||||||
1,286 | FMC Corp. | 138,991 | ||||||
14,757 | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 436,807 | ||||||
3,002 | Graphic Packaging Holding Co. | 66,855 | ||||||
3,776 | International Paper Co. | 157,157 | ||||||
2,623 | LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A | 217,709 | ||||||
609 | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 211,755 | ||||||
8,112 | Newmont Corp. | 335,512 | ||||||
2,711 | Nucor Corp. | 360,400 | ||||||
908 | Packaging Corp. of America | 124,323 | ||||||
410 | Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) | 27,450 | ||||||
1,434 | Sealed Air Corp. | 77,164 | ||||||
2,346 | Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) | 544,507 | ||||||
|
|
50 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS JUST U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF
Shares |
Description | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks – (continued) | ||||||||
Materials – (continued) | ||||||||
955 | Sonoco Products Co. | $ | 60,184 | |||||
1,301 | Vulcan Materials Co. | 216,604 | ||||||
2,486 | Westrock Co. | 100,907 | ||||||
|
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6,618,639 | ||||||||
|
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Real Estate – 3.3% | ||||||||
6,534 | American Tower Corp. REIT | 1,659,963 | ||||||
3,783 | Americold Realty Trust, Inc. REIT | 111,296 | ||||||
1,964 | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT | 394,587 | ||||||
2,209 | Boston Properties, Inc. REIT | 175,461 | ||||||
1,461 | Camden Property Trust REIT | 187,753 | ||||||
4,641 | CBRE Group, Inc., Class A* | 366,453 | ||||||
6,079 | Crown Castle, Inc. REIT | 1,038,475 | ||||||
3,998 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT | 494,273 | ||||||
2,382 | Douglas Emmett, Inc. REIT | 46,497 | ||||||
1,282 | Equinix, Inc. REIT | 842,748 | ||||||
5,261 | Equity Residential REIT | 385,000 | ||||||
916 | Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT | 242,795 | ||||||
543 | Howard Hughes Corp. (The)* | 34,551 | ||||||
698 | Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.* | 120,754 | ||||||
8,503 | Kimco Realty Corp. REIT | 179,243 | ||||||
10,408 | Prologis, Inc. REIT | 1,295,900 | ||||||
1,502 | SBA Communications Corp. REIT | 488,525 | ||||||
4,469 | UDR, Inc. REIT | 200,524 | ||||||
5,623 | Ventas, Inc. REIT | 269,117 | ||||||
10,479 | Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT | 357,963 | ||||||
817 | Zillow Group, Inc., Class A* | 27,288 | ||||||
2,306 | Zillow Group, Inc., Class C* | 77,159 | ||||||
|
|
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8,996,325 | ||||||||
|
|
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Utilities – 3.0% | ||||||||
8,875 | AES Corp. (The) | 225,869 | ||||||
3,337 | Alliant Energy Corp. | 203,690 | ||||||
3,423 | Ameren Corp. | 317,038 | ||||||
6,843 | American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 685,669 | ||||||
943 | Avangrid, Inc. | 46,584 | ||||||
4,722 | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 461,528 | ||||||
4,345 | Constellation Energy Corp. | 354,509 | ||||||
10,797 | Dominion Energy, Inc. | 883,195 | ||||||
2,569 | DTE Energy Co. | 334,843 | ||||||
10,250 | Duke Energy Corp. | 1,095,828 | ||||||
4,999 | Edison International | 338,782 | ||||||
2,699 | Entergy Corp. | 311,195 | ||||||
4,583 | Eversource Energy | 411,049 | ||||||
13,039 | Exelon Corp. | 572,542 | ||||||
673 | IDACORP, Inc. | 73,519 | ||||||
3,141 | NRG Energy, Inc. | 129,660 | ||||||
9,805 | PPL Corp. | 285,129 | ||||||
6,624 | Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 426,321 | ||||||
4,186 | Sempra Energy | 690,564 | ||||||
5,670 | Vistra Corp. | 140,333 | ||||||
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7,987,847 | ||||||||
|
|
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|
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE
SECURITIES LENDING REINVESTMENT VEHICLE |
| ||||||
(Cost $239,383,420) | $ | 268,538,319 | ||||||
|
|
Shares | Dividend Rate |
Value | ||||||
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle – 0.0%(b) | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund – Institutional Shares |
| |||||||
36,658 |
2.154 | % | $ | 36,658 | ||||
(Cost $36,658) |
| |||||||
|
||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 99.7% |
| |||||||
(Cost $239,420,078) |
|
$ | 268,574,977 | |||||
|
||||||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES – 0.3% |
|
852,642 | ||||||
|
||||||||
NET ASSETS – 100.0% |
|
$ | 269,427,619 | |||||
|
The percentage shown for each investment category reflects the value of investments in that category as a percentage of net assets. | ||
* |
Non-income producing security. | |
(a) |
All or a portion of security is on loan. | |
(b) |
Represents an affiliated issuer. |
| ||
Investment Abbreviations: | ||
PLC |
—Public Limited Company | |
REIT |
—Real Estate Investment Trust | |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 51 |
GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
August 31, 2022
Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF |
Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
Innovate Equity ETF |
|||||||||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||||||||
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $7,912,410, $623,219,499, $147,699,939 and $378,174,791, respectively)(a) |
$ | 7,898,316 | $ | 610,440,599 | $ | 144,568,085 | $ | 325,475,183 | ||||||||||
Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $—, $1,138,288, $— and $954,689, respectively) |
— | 1,291,758 | — | 1,601,141 | ||||||||||||||
Investments in securities lending reinvestment vehicle, at value which equals cost |
45,842 | — | — | 6,943,097 | ||||||||||||||
Cash |
6,665 | 828,518 | 452,961 | — | ||||||||||||||
Foreign currency, at value (cost $90, $—, $— and $98,526, respectively) |
90 | — | — | 96,776 | ||||||||||||||
Receivables: |
||||||||||||||||||
Dividends |
10,814 | 896,594 | 119,242 | 298,646 | ||||||||||||||
Foreign tax reclaims |
1,338 | — | — | 61,396 | ||||||||||||||
Reimbursement from investment adviser |
323 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Securities lending income |
73 | 2,075 | 800 | 68,308 | ||||||||||||||
Investments sold |
— | — | — | 371,490 | ||||||||||||||
Total assets | 7,963,461 | 613,459,544 | 145,141,088 | 334,916,037 | ||||||||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||
Payables: |
||||||||||||||||||
Upon return of securities loaned |
45,842 | — | — | 6,943,097 | ||||||||||||||
Foreign capital gains tax |
2,623 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Management fees |
— | 49,861 | 56,746 | 149,795 | ||||||||||||||
Due to custodian |
— | — | — | 292,846 | ||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 48,465 | 49,861 | 56,746 | 7,385,738 | ||||||||||||||
Net Assets: | ||||||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital |
7,927,355 | 664,319,930 | 198,234,125 | 421,057,129 | ||||||||||||||
Total distributable earnings (loss) |
(12,359 | ) | (50,910,247 | ) | (53,149,783 | ) | (93,526,830 | ) | ||||||||||
NET ASSETS | $ | 7,914,996 | $ | 613,409,683 | $ | 145,084,342 | $ | 327,530,299 | ||||||||||
SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING | ||||||||||||||||||
Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized): |
200,000 | 10,400,000 | 1,925,000 | 7,500,000 | ||||||||||||||
Net asset value per share: |
$39.57 | $58.98 | $75.37 | $43.67 |
(a) | Includes loaned securities having a market value of $44,059, $—, $— and $6,577,359 for Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF, Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Hedge Industry VIP ETF and Innovate Equity ETF, respectively. |
52 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS
Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)
August 31, 2022
JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
||||||
Assets: |
| |||||
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $238,477,515)(a) |
$ | 267,401,253 | ||||
Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (cost $905,905) |
1,137,066 | |||||
Investments in securities lending reinvestment vehicle, at value which equals cost |
36,658 | |||||
Cash |
485,120 | |||||
Receivables: |
||||||
Dividends |
451,649 | |||||
Securities lending income |
36 | |||||
Total assets | 269,511,782 | |||||
Liabilities: | ||||||
Payables: |
||||||
Management fees |
47,505 | |||||
Upon return of securities loaned |
36,658 | |||||
Total liabilities | 84,163 | |||||
Net Assets: | ||||||
Paid-in capital |
248,425,443 | |||||
Total distributable earnings |
21,002,176 | |||||
NET ASSETS | $ | 269,427,619 | ||||
SHARES ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING | ||||||
Shares outstanding no par value (unlimited shares authorized): |
4,750,000 | |||||
Net asset value per share: |
$56.72 |
(a) | Includes loaned securities having a market value of $35,932 for JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 53 |
GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS
Statements of Operations
For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022
Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF* |
Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
Innovate Equity ETF |
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Investment income: |
| |||||||||||||||||
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding taxes of $10,761, $16,913, $1,585 and $237,525, respectively) |
$ | 77,842 | $ | 11,801,522 | $ | 740,469 | $ | 3,664,071 | ||||||||||
Non cash dividend income |
4,576 | — | — | 319,968 | ||||||||||||||
Securities lending income — unaffiliated issuer |
656 | 129,878 | 3,830 | 641,112 | ||||||||||||||
Dividends — affiliated issuers |
— | 37,136 | — | 44,318 | ||||||||||||||
Total investment income | 83,074 | 11,968,536 | 744,299 | 4,669,469 | ||||||||||||||
Expenses: |
| |||||||||||||||||
Management fees |
15,101 | 676,727 | 819,354 | 2,064,370 | ||||||||||||||
Trustee fees |
4,753 | 30,353 | 13,879 | 20,135 | ||||||||||||||
Shareholder Meeting Expense |
— | 2,072 | 115 | 420 | ||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 19,854 | 709,152 | 833,348 | 2,084,925 | ||||||||||||||
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) | 63,220 | 11,259,384 | (89,049 | ) | 2,584,544 | |||||||||||||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss): |
| |||||||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) from: |
||||||||||||||||||
Investments — unaffiliated issuers |
(16,507 | ) | (41,989,587 | ) | (41,314,095 | ) | (37,827,407 | ) | ||||||||||
Investments — affiliated issuers |
— | (24,841 | ) | — | (19,747 | ) | ||||||||||||
In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated issuers |
— | 81,396,876 | 17,798,077 | 18,436,526 | ||||||||||||||
In-kind redemptions — affiliated issuers |
— | 194,955 | — | 66,254 | ||||||||||||||
Foreign currency transactions |
(1,678 | ) | (63 | ) | 2 | (49,981 | ) | |||||||||||
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on: |
||||||||||||||||||
Investments — unaffiliated issuers (including the effects of the foreign capital gains tax liability of $2,623, $—, $— and $—, respectively) |
(16,717 | ) | (169,452,952 | ) | (35,121,455 | ) | (132,747,474 | ) | ||||||||||
Investments — affiliated issuers |
— | (527,338 | ) | — | (499,689 | ) | ||||||||||||
Foreign currency translations |
(261 | ) | — | — | (7,155 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (35,163 | ) | (130,402,950 | ) | (58,637,471 | ) | (152,648,673 | ) | ||||||||||
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | 28,057 | $ | (119,143,566 | ) | $ | (58,726,520 | ) | $ | (150,064,129 | ) |
* | For the period February 8, 2022 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2022. |
54 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS
Statements of Operations (continued)
For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022
JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
||||||
Investment income: |
| |||||
Dividends — unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign withholding taxes of $535) |
$ | 4,098,086 | ||||
Dividends — affiliated issuers |
27,067 | |||||
Securities lending income — unaffiliated issuer |
906 | |||||
Total investment income | 4,126,059 | |||||
Expenses: | ||||||
Management fees |
529,849 | |||||
Trustee fees |
16,337 | |||||
Shareholder Meeting Expense |
264 | |||||
Total expenses | 546,450 | |||||
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 3,579,609 | |||||
Realized and unrealized gain (loss): |
| |||||
Net realized gain (loss) from: |
||||||
Investments — unaffiliated issuers |
(1,719,417 | ) | ||||
Investments — affiliated issuers |
(4,338 | ) | ||||
In-kind redemptions — unaffiliated issuers |
10,682,336 | |||||
In-kind redemptions — affiliated issuers |
28,741 | |||||
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on: |
||||||
Investments — unaffiliated issuers |
(49,621,558 | ) | ||||
Investments — affiliated issuers |
(264,035 | ) | ||||
Net realized and unrealized loss | (40,898,271 | ) | ||||
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | (37,318,662 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 55 |
GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF |
Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF | |||||||||||||||||
For the Period February 8, 2022* to August 31, 2022 |
For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022 |
For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||||||
From operations: | ||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 63,220 | $ | 11,259,384 | $ | 8,378,230 | ||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
(18,185 | ) | 39,577,340 | 71,351,452 | ||||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) |
(16,978 | ) | (169,980,290 | ) | 115,136,803 | |||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 28,057 | (119,143,566 | ) | 194,866,485 | ||||||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||
From distributable earnings |
(40,416 | ) | (11,856,146 | ) | (7,590,615 | ) | ||||||||||||
From share transactions: | ||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales of shares |
7,927,355 | 169,051,301 | 557,025,332 | |||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
— | (282,145,961 | ) | (207,230,194 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | 7,927,355 | (113,094,660 | ) | 349,795,138 | ||||||||||||||
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) | 7,914,996 | (244,094,372 | ) | 537,071,008 | ||||||||||||||
Net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period |
$ | — | $ | 857,504,055 | $ | 320,433,047 | ||||||||||||
End of period |
$ | 7,914,996 | $ | 613,409,683 | $ | 857,504,055 |
* | Commencement of operations. |
56 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
Innovate Equity ETF | |||||||||||||||||
For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022 |
For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021 |
For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022 |
For the
Period November 6, 2020* to August 31, 2021 |
|||||||||||||||
From operations: | ||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
$ | (89,049 | ) | $ | (139,131 | ) | $ | 2,584,544 | $ | 1,721,075 | ||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
(23,516,016 | ) | 39,540,926 | (19,394,355 | ) | 31,265,366 | ||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) |
(35,121,455 | ) | 4,820,604 | (133,254,318 | ) | 81,193,907 | ||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (58,726,520 | ) | 44,222,399 | (150,064,129 | ) | 114,180,348 | ||||||||||||
Distributions to shareholders: | ||||||||||||||||||
From distributable earnings |
— | (935 | ) | (3,566,370 | ) | (1,407,971 | ) | |||||||||||
From share transactions: | ||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales of shares |
59,701,538 | 171,549,598 | 51,102,318 | 471,161,712 | ||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
(77,725,146 | ) | (109,021,786 | ) | (63,125,867 | ) | (90,749,742 | ) | ||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | (18,023,608 | ) | 62,527,812 | (12,023,549 | ) | 380,411,970 | ||||||||||||
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) | (76,750,128 | ) | 106,749,276 | (165,654,048 | ) | 493,184,347 | ||||||||||||
Net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period |
$ | 221,834,470 | $ | 115,085,194 | $ | 493,184,347 | $ | — | ||||||||||
End of period |
$ | 145,084,342 | $ | 221,834,470 | $ | 327,530,299 | $ | 493,184,347 |
* | Commencement of operations. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 57 |
GOLDMAN SACHS EQUITY ETFS
Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
||||||||||
For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022 |
For the Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021 |
|||||||||
From operations: | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 3,579,609 | $ | 2,632,119 | ||||||
Net realized gain |
8,987,322 | 4,160,554 | ||||||||
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) |
(49,885,593 | ) | 50,126,210 | |||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (37,318,662 | ) | 56,918,883 | |||||||
Distributions to shareholders: | ||||||||||
From distributable earnings |
(3,381,618 | ) | (2,492,618 | ) | ||||||
From share transactions: | ||||||||||
Proceeds from sales of shares |
73,677,046 | 72,087,463 | ||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
(27,788,985 | ) | (15,027,884 | ) | ||||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from share transactions | 45,888,061 | 57,059,579 | ||||||||
TOTAL INCREASE | 5,187,781 | 111,485,844 | ||||||||
Net assets: | ||||||||||
Beginning of period |
$ | 264,239,838 | $ | 152,753,994 | ||||||
End of period |
$ | 269,427,619 | $ | 264,239,838 |
58 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS BLOOMBERG CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY ETF
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
* | Commencement of operations. |
(a) | Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology. |
(b) | Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized. |
(c) | Annualized. |
(d) | The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 59 |
GOLDMAN SACHS EQUAL WEIGHT U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF
Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period
* | Commencement of operations. |
(a) | Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology. |
(b) | Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized. |
(c) | Annualized. |
(d) | The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
60 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS HEDGE INDUSTRY VIP ETF
Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period
(a) | Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology. |
(b) | Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.05 per share and 0.05% of average net assets. |
(c) | Reflects income recognized from non-recurring special dividends which amounted to $0.07 per share and 0.11% of average net assets. |
(d) | Amount is less than $0.005 per share. |
(e) | Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the year. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. |
(f) | The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 61 |
GOLDMAN SACHS INNOVATE EQUITY ETF
Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
* | Commencement of operations. |
(a) | Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology. |
(b) | Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized. |
(c) | Annualized. |
(d) | The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
62 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
GOLDMAN SACHS JUST U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF
Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected Data for a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period
* | Commencement of operations. |
(a) | Calculated based on the average shares outstanding methodology. |
(b) | Assumes investment at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all distributions and a complete sale of the investment at the net asset value at the end of the period. Returns do not reflect the impact of taxes to shareholders relating to Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized. |
(c) | Annualized. |
(d) | The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements and excludes portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind transactions and short-term transactions. If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. | 63 |
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1. ORGANIZATION |
Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), consisting of multiple series. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on December 16, 2009. The following table lists those series of the Trust that are included in this report (collectively, the “Funds” or individually a “Fund”) along with their respective diversification status under the Act:
Fund | Diversification Classification | |||
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF* |
Diversified | |||
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
Diversified | |||
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
Diversified | |||
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
Diversified | |||
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
Diversified |
* | The Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF commenced operations on February 8, 2022. |
The investment objective of each Fund is to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of its respective Index.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM”), an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), serves as investment adviser to the Funds pursuant to management agreements (each, an “Agreement” and together, the “Agreements”) with the Trust. Each Fund is an exchange traded fund (“ETF”). Shares of the Goldman Sachs Hedged Industry VIP ETF, Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”), and shares of the Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF and Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF are listed and traded on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Cboe”). Market prices for the Funds’ shares may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Funds issue and redeem shares at their respective NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares, or multiples thereof, referred to as “Creation Units”. Creation Units are issued and redeemed generally for a designated portfolio of securities (including any portion of such securities for which cash may be substituted) and a specified amount of cash. Shares generally trade in the secondary market in quantities less than a Creation Unit at market prices that change throughout the day. Only those that have entered into an authorized participant agreement with ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) may do business directly with the Funds.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and require management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions. Each Fund is an investment company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.
A. Investment Valuation — The Funds’ valuation policy is to value investments at fair value.
B. Investment Income and Investments — Investment income includes interest income, dividend income, and securities lending income, if any. Interest income is accrued daily and adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recognized on ex-dividend date or, for certain foreign securities, as soon as such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Investment transactions are reflected on trade date. Realized gains and losses are calculated using identified cost. Investment transactions are recorded on the following business day for daily NAV calculations. Investment income is recorded net of any foreign withholding taxes, less any amounts reclaimable. The Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any foreign capital gains tax is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains,
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2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
and is payable upon sale of such investments. Distributions received from the Funds’ investments in U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) may be characterized as ordinary income, net capital gain and/or a return of capital. A return of capital is recorded by the Funds as a reduction to the cost basis of the REIT.
C. Expenses — Expenses incurred directly by a Fund are charged to the Fund, and certain expenses incurred by the Trust are allocated across the applicable Funds on a straight-line and/or pro-rata basis, depending upon the nature of the expenses, and are accrued daily.
D. Federal Taxes and Distributions to Shareholders — It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute each year substantially all of its investment company taxable income and capital gains to its shareholders. Accordingly, each Fund is not required to make any provisions for the payment of federal income tax. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. For each Fund, income distributions, if any, are declared and paid quarterly. Capital gains distributions, if any, are declared and paid annually.
Net capital losses, if any, are carried forward to future fiscal years and may be used to the extent allowed by the Code to offset any future capital gains. Losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. Utilization of capital loss carryforwards will reduce the requirement of future capital gains distributions.
The characterization of distributions to shareholders for financial reporting purposes is determined in accordance with federal income tax rules, which may differ from GAAP. The source of each Fund’s distributions may be shown in the accompanying financial statements as either from distributable earnings or capital. Certain components of the Funds’ net assets on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities reflect permanent GAAP/tax differences based on the appropriate tax character.
E. Foreign Currency Translation — The accounting records and reporting currency of a Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rates at the close of each business day. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is included within net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments. Changes in the value of other assets and liabilities as a result of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates are included in the Statements of Operations within net change in unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency translation. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars on the date the transaction occurred, the effects of which are included within net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions.
3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
U.S. GAAP defines the fair value of a financial instrument as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price); the Funds’ policy is to use the market approach. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The levels used for classifying investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these investments. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;
Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which significant inputs are observable (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, volatility and credit spreads), either directly or indirectly;
Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require significant unobservable inputs (including GSAM’s assumptions in determining fair value measurement).
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August 31, 2022
3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued) |
The Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) has approved Valuation Procedures that govern the valuation of the portfolio investments held by the Funds, including investments for which market quotations are not readily available. With respect to the Funds’ investments that do not have readily available market quotations, the Trustees have designated the Adviser as the valuation designee to perform fair valuations pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Valuation Designee”). GSAM has day-to-day responsibility for implementing and maintaining internal controls and procedures related to the valuation of the Funds’ investments. To assess the continuing appropriateness of pricing sources and methodologies, GSAM regularly performs price verification procedures and issues challenges as necessary to third party pricing vendors or brokers, and any differences are reviewed in accordance with the Valuation Procedures.
A. Level 1 and Level 2 Fair Value Investments — The valuation techniques and significant inputs used in determining the fair values for investments classified as Level 1 and Level 2 are as follows:
Equity Securities — Equity securities traded on a United States (“U.S.”) securities exchange or the NASDAQ system, or those located on certain foreign exchanges, including but not limited to the Americas, are valued daily at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded. If there is no sale or official closing price or such price is believed by GSAM to not represent fair value, equity securities will be valued at the valid closing bid price for long positions and at the valid closing ask price for short positions (i.e. where there is sufficient volume, during normal exchange trading hours). If no valid bid/ask price is available, the equity security will be valued pursuant to the Valuation Procedures and consistent with applicable regulatory guidance. To the extent these investments are actively traded, they are classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, otherwise they are generally classified as Level 2. Certain equity securities containing unique attributes may be classified as Level 2.
Unlisted equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price on the valuation date, or if no sale occurs, at the last bid price for long positions or the last ask price for short positions, and are generally classified as Level 2.
Money Market Funds — Investments in the Funds (“Underlying Money Market Fund”) are valued at the NAV per share on the day of valuation. These investments are generally classified as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. For information regarding the Underlying Money Market Fund’s accounting policies and investment holdings, please see the Underlying Money Market Fund’s shareholder report.
B. Level 3 Fair Value Investments — To the extent that significant inputs to valuation models and other alternative pricing sources are unobservable, or if quotations are not readily available, or if GSAM believes that such quotations do not accurately reflect fair value, the fair value of a Fund’s investments may be determined under the Valuation Procedures. GSAM, consistent with its procedures and applicable regulatory guidance, may make an adjustment to the most recent valuation prices of either domestic or foreign securities in light of significant events to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities at the time of determining a Fund’s NAV. To the extent investments are valued using single source broker quotations obtained directly from the broker or passed through from third party pricing vendors, such investments are classified as Level 3 investments.
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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued) |
C. Fair Value Hierarchy — The following is a summary of the Funds’ investments and derivatives classified in the fair value hierarchy as of August 31, 2022:
BLOOMBERG CLEAN ENERGY EQUITY ETF |
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Investment Type | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||
Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a) |
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Africa |
$ | 11,208 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Asia |
2,466,063 | 34,633 | — | |||||||||
Europe |
1,832,920 | — | — | |||||||||
North America |
3,490,725 | — | — | |||||||||
Oceania |
18,281 | — | — | |||||||||
South America |
34,871 | 9,615 | — | |||||||||
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle |
45,842 | — | — | |||||||||
Total | $ | 7,899,910 | $ | 44,248 | $ | — | ||||||
EQUAL WEIGHT U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF | ||||||||||||
Investment Type | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||
Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a) |
||||||||||||
North America |
$ | 611,732,357 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Total | $ | 611,732,357 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
HEDGE INDUSTRY VIP ETF | ||||||||||||
Investment Type | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||
Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a) |
||||||||||||
Asia |
$ | 3,180,683 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
North America |
138,906,003 | — | — | |||||||||
South America |
2,481,399 | — | — | |||||||||
Total | $ | 144,568,085 | $ | — | $ | — |
(a) | Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table. The Fund utilizes fair value model prices provided by an independent third-party fair value service for certain international equity securities resulting in a Level 2 classification. |
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3. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (continued) |
INNOVATE EQUITY ETF | ||||||||||||
Investment Type | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||
Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a) |
||||||||||||
Asia |
$ | 47,001,071 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Europe |
31,873,586 | — | — | |||||||||
North America |
243,593,831 | 831,234 | — | |||||||||
Oceania |
914,488 | — | — | |||||||||
South America |
2,490,016 | — | — | |||||||||
Closed-End Fund |
372,098 | — | — | |||||||||
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle |
6,943,097 | — | — | |||||||||
Total | $ | 333,188,187 | $ | 831,234 | $ | — | ||||||
JUST U.S. LARGE CAP EQUITY ETF | ||||||||||||
Investment Type | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||
Common Stock and/or Other Equity Investments(a) |
||||||||||||
North America |
$ | 268,538,319 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||
Securities Lending Reinvestment Vehicle |
36,658 | — | — | |||||||||
Total | $ | 268,574,977 | $ | — | $ | — |
(a) | Amounts are disclosed by continent to highlight the impact of time zone differences between local market close and the calculation of NAV. Security valuations are based on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, which may differ from country of domicile noted in table. The Fund utilizes fair value model prices provided by an independent third-party fair value service for certain international equity securities resulting in a Level 2 classification. |
For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Schedules of Investments.
4. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS |
A. Management Agreement — Under the Agreement, GSAM manages the Funds, subject to the general supervision of the Trustees.
As compensation for the services rendered pursuant to the Agreement, the assumption of the expenses related thereto and administration of the Funds’ business affairs, including providing facilities, GSAM is entitled to a management fee, accrued daily and paid monthly, equal to an annual percentage rate of each Fund’s average daily net assets.
The Funds operate under a unitary management fee structure. Under the unitary fee structure, GSAM is responsible for paying substantially all the expenses of each such Fund, excluding payments under the Fund’s 12b-1 plan (if any), interest expenses, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage fees, costs of holding shareholder meetings, litigation, indemnification and extraordinary expenses. As the Funds directly pay fees and expenses of the independent Trustees, the management fee collected by GSAM will be reduced by an amount equal to the fees and expenses paid by the Funds to the independent Trustees.
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4. AGREEMENTS AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS (continued) |
For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, contractual and effective net unitary management fee rates with GSAM for each Fund were at the following rates:
Fund | Unitary Management Fee | |||
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF |
0.45% | |||
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
0.09% | |||
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
0.45% | |||
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
0.50% | |||
Goldman Sachs Just U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
0.20% |
B. Other Transactions with Affiliates — The Funds may purchase securities from, or sell securities to, an affiliated fund provided the affiliation is solely due to having a common investment adviser, common officers, or common trustees. The following table provides information about the Funds’ investments in The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022:
Fund | Beginning value as of August 31, 2021 |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Realized Gain |
Change in Unrealized Depreciation |
Ending value as of August 31, 2022 |
Shares as of August 31, 2022 |
Dividend Income |
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Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
$ | 1,819,030 | $ | 687,875 | $ | (857,923 | ) | $ | 170,114 | $ | (527,338 | ) | $ | 1,291,758 | 3,883 | $ | 37,136 | |||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
2,261,900 | 225,248 | (432,825 | ) | 46,507 | (499,689 | ) | 1,601,141 | 4,813 | 44,318 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
1,173,128 | 327,118 | (123,548 | ) | 24,403 | (264,035 | ) | 1,137,066 | 3,418 | 27,067 |
5. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS |
The Trust issues and redeems shares of the Funds only in Creation Units on a continuous basis through the Distributor, without an initial sales load, at NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day (as defined in the Statement of Additional Information), of an order in proper form. Shares of the Funds may only be purchased or redeemed by certain financial institutions (each an “Authorized Participant”). An Authorized Participant is either (1) a “Participating Party” or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation; or (2) a Depository Trust Company participant; which, in either case, must have executed an agreement with the Distributor. Retail investors will typically not qualify as an Authorized Participant or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the shares directly from the Funds. Rather, most retail investors will purchase shares in the secondary market at market prices with the assistance of a broker and may be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees. Fixed creation and redemption transaction fees are imposed in connection with creations and redemptions.
Authorized Participants transacting in Creation Units for cash may also pay a variable charge to compensate the relevant fund for certain transaction costs (e.g. taxes on currency or other financial transactions, and brokerage costs) and
market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities. Such variable charges, if any, are included in “Proceeds from sale of shares” in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.
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August 31, 2022
5. CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF CREATION UNITS (continued) |
Share activity is as follows:
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg
Clean Energy Equity ETF |
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For the period February 8, 2022* through August 31, 2022 |
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|
|
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Shares | Dollars | |||||||
|
|
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Fund Share Activity | ||||||||
Shares Sold |
200,000 | $ | 7,927,355 | |||||
Shares Redeemed |
— | — | ||||||
NET INCREASE IN SHARES |
200,000 | $ | 7,927,355 |
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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For the Fiscal Year
Ended August 31, 2022 |
For the Fiscal Year
Ended August 31, 2021 |
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|
|
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Shares | Dollars | Shares | Dollars | |||||||||||||
|
|
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Fund Share Activity | ||||||||||||||||
Shares Sold |
2,500,000 | $ | 169,051,301 | 9,300,000 | $ | 557,024,513 | ||||||||||
Shares Redeemed |
(4,350,000 | ) | (282,145,961 | ) | (3,350,000 | ) | (207,230,194 | ) | ||||||||
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES |
(1,850,000 | ) | $ | (113,094,660 | ) | 5,950,000 | $ | 349,794,319 |
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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For the Fiscal Year
Ended August 31, 2022 |
For the Fiscal Year
Ended August 31, 2021 |
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|
|
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Shares | Dollars | Shares | Dollars | |||||||||||||
|
|
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Fund Share Activity | ||||||||||||||||
Shares Sold |
625,000 | $ | 59,701,538 | 1,850,000 | $ | 171,549,598 | ||||||||||
Shares Redeemed |
(850,000 | ) | (77,725,146 | ) | (1,150,000 | ) | (109,021,786 | ) | ||||||||
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES |
(225,000 | ) | $ | (18,023,608 | ) | 700,000 | $ | 62,527,812 |
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
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For the Fiscal Year
Ended August 31, 2022 |
For the period November 6, 2020* through August 31, 2021 |
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|
|
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Shares | Dollars | Shares | Dollars | |||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Fund Share Activity | ||||||||||||||||
Shares Sold |
900,000 | $ | 51,102,318 | 9,350,000 | $ | 471,141,230 | ||||||||||
Shares Redeemed |
(1,200,000 | ) | (63,125,867 | ) | (1,550,000 | ) | (90,747,684 | ) | ||||||||
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES |
(300,000 | ) | $ | (12,023,549 | ) | 7,800,000 | $ | 380,393,546 | ||||||||
* Commencement of operations |
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Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF | ||||||||||||||||
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|
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For the Fiscal Year
Ended August 31, 2022 |
For the Fiscal Year
Ended August 31, 2021 |
|||||||||||||||
|
|
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Shares | Dollars | Shares | Dollars | |||||||||||||
|
|
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Fund Share Activity | ||||||||||||||||
Shares Sold |
1,150,000 | $ | 73,677,046 | 1,300,000 | $ | 72,087,463 | ||||||||||
Shares Redeemed |
(425,000 | ) | (27,788,985 | ) | (275,000 | ) | (15,027,884 | ) | ||||||||
NET INCREASE IN SHARES |
725,000 | $ | 45,888,061 | 1,025,000 | $ | 57,059,579 |
6. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS |
The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of long-term securities for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, were as follows:
Fund | Purchases | Sales | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF* |
$ | 3,902,451 | $ | 1,481,066 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
366,817,424 | 366,307,839 | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
216,340,224 | 220,765,919 | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
159,756,566 | 157,770,480 | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
33,501,965 | 33,115,817 |
* | Commenced operations on February 8, 2022. |
The purchases and sales from in-kind creation and redemption transactions for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, were as follows:
Fund | Purchases | Sales | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF* |
$ | 5,507,200 | $ | — | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
168,754,309 | 281,099,796 | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
59,108,512 | 77,421,942 | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
48,834,357 | 63,151,418 | ||||||||
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
73,522,090 | 27,725,766 |
* | Commenced operations on February 8, 2022. |
7. SECURITIES LENDING |
The Funds may lend their securities through a securities lending agent, the Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), to certain qualified borrowers. In accordance with the Funds’ securities lending procedures, the Funds receive cash collateral at least equal to the market value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of the Funds, at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded, and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Funds on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may experience delay in the recovery of their securities or incur a loss should the borrower of the securities breach its agreement with the Funds or become insolvent at a time when the collateral is insufficient to cover the cost of repurchasing securities on loan. Dividend income received from securities on loan may not be subject to withholding taxes and therefore withholding taxes paid may differ from the amounts listed in the Statements of Operations. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and as such 1)
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7. SECURITIES LENDING (continued) |
the remaining contractual maturities of the outstanding securities lending transactions are considered to be overnight and continuous and 2) the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.
The Funds invest the cash collateral received in connection with securities lending transactions in the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund (“Government Money Market Fund”), an affiliated series of the Goldman Sachs Trust. The Government Money Market Fund is registered under the Act as an open end investment company, is subject to Rule 2a-7 under the Act, and is managed by GSAM, for which GSAM may receive a management fee of up to 0.16% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Government Money Market Fund.
In the event of a default by a borrower with respect to any loan, BNYM may exercise any and all remedies provided under the applicable borrower agreement to make the Funds whole. These remedies include purchasing replacement securities by applying the collateral held from the defaulting broker against the purchase cost of the replacement securities. If BNYM is unable to purchase replacement securities, BNYM will indemnify the Funds by paying the Funds an amount equal to the market value of the securities loaned minus the value of cash collateral received from the borrower for the loan, subject to an exclusion for any shortfalls resulting from a loss of value in such cash collateral due to reinvestment risk. The Funds’ master netting agreements with certain borrowers provide the right, in the event of a default (including bankruptcy or insolvency), for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. However, in the event of a default by a borrower, a resolution authority could determine that such rights are not enforceable due to the restrictions or prohibitions against the right of set-off that may be imposed in accordance with a particular jurisdiction’s bankruptcy or insolvency laws. The Funds’ loaned securities were all subject to enforceable Securities Lending Agreements, and the value of the collateral was at least equal to the value of the cash received. The amounts of the Funds’ overnight and continuous agreements, which represent the gross amounts of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions outstanding as of August 31, 2022, are disclosed as “Payable upon return of securities loaned” on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, where applicable.
Both the Funds and BNYM received compensation relating to the lending of the Funds’ securities. The amounts earned, if any, by the Funds for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, are reported under Investment Income on the Statements of Operations.
The following table provides information about the Funds’ investment in the Government Money Market Fund for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022:
Fund | Beginning value as of August 31, 2021 |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Ending value as of August 31, 2022 |
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Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF* |
$ | — | $ | 1,263,408 | $ | (1,217,566 | ) | $ | 45,842 | |||||||||
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
10,902,108 | 74,157,224 | (85,059,332 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
— | 24,783,340 | (24,783,340 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
13,009,276 | 87,844,552 | (93,910,731 | ) | 6,943,097 | |||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
185,290 | 1,740,304 | (1,888,936 | ) | 36,658 |
* | Commenced operations on February 8, 2022. |
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8. TAX INFORMATION |
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended August 31, 2022 and August 31, 2021 were as follows:
Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF* |
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
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Distributions paid from: |
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Ordinary Income |
$ | 40,416 | $ | 11,856,146 | $ | — | $ | 3,566,370 | $ | 3,381,618 | ||||||||||
Total taxable distributions |
$ | 40,416 | $ | 11,856,146 | $ | — | $ | 3,566,370 | $ | 3,381,618 |
* | Commenced operations on February 8, 2022. |
Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF* |
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
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Distributions paid from: |
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Ordinary Income |
$ | 7,590,615 | $ | 935 | $ | 1,407,971 | $ | 2,492,618 | ||||||||
Total taxable distributions |
$ | 7,590,615 | $ | 935 | $ | 1,407,971 | $ | 2,492,618 |
* | Commenced operations on November 6, 2020. |
As of August 31, 2022, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF* |
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
Goldman
Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
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Undistributed ordinary income— net |
$ | 40,624 | $ | 1,257,212 | $ | — | $ | 202,034 | $ | 691,532 | ||||||||||
Total undistributed earnings |
$ | 40,624 | $ | 1,257,212 | $ | — | $ | 202,034 | $ | 691,532 | ||||||||||
Capital loss carryforwards: (1) |
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Perpetual Short-Term |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | (7,375,244 | ) | $ | (19,248,303 | ) | $ | (4,017,838 | ) | |||||||
Perpetual Long-Term |
— | — | (893,031 | ) | (19,747,403 | ) | (1,357,273 | ) | ||||||||||||
Timing differences (Qualified Late Year Ordinary Loss Deferral/Post October Capital Loss Deferral) |
— | (26,288,174 | ) | (40,169,979 | ) | (436,128 | ) | (583,625 | ) | |||||||||||
Unrealized gains (losses)— net |
(52,983 | ) | (25,879,285 | ) | (4,711,529 | ) | (54,297,030 | ) | 26,269,380 | |||||||||||
Total accumulated earnings (losses) net |
$ | (12,359 | ) | $ | (50,910,247 | ) | $ | (53,149,783 | ) | $ | (93,526,830 | ) | $ | 21,002,176 |
* | Commenced operations on February 8, 2022. |
(1) | Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF and Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, utilized $26,166 and $16,621 respectively, of capital losses in the current fiscal year. |
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
August 31, 2022
8. TAX INFORMATION (continued) |
As of August 31, 2022, the Funds’ aggregate security unrealized gains and losses based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF* |
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
Goldman
Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
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Tax Cost |
$ | 7,994,257 | $ | 637,611,642 | $ | 149,279,614 | $ | 388,309,196 | $ | 242,305,597 | ||||||||||
Gross unrealized gain |
712,962 | 59,996,910 | 9,856,565 | 29,341,125 | 49,705,156 | |||||||||||||||
Gross unrealized loss |
(765,945 | ) | (85,876,195 | ) | (14,568,094 | ) | (83,638,155 | ) | (23,435,776 | ) | ||||||||||
Net unrealized gains (losses) on securities |
$ | (52,983 | ) | $ | (25,879,285 | ) | $ | (4,711,529 | ) | $ | (54,297,030 | ) | $ | 26,269,380 |
* | Commenced operations on February 8, 2022. |
The difference between GAAP-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) is attributable primarily to wash sales and differences in the tax treatment of partnership investments and passive foreign investment company investments.
In order to present certain components of the Funds’ capital accounts on a tax-basis, certain reclassifications have been recorded to the Funds’ accounts. These reclassifications have no impact on the net asset value of the Funds’ and result primarily from net operating losses and redemption in-kind transactions.
Paid-in Capital | Total Distributable Earnings |
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Fund |
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Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF* |
$ | — | $ | — | ||||
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
$ | 68,938,256 | $ | (68,938,256 | ) | |||
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
$ | 17,135,176 | $ | (17,135,176 | ) | |||
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
$ | 18,152,055 | $ | (18,152,055 | ) | |||
Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
$ | 10,498,647 | $ | (10,498,647 | ) |
* | Commenced operations on February 8, 2022. |
GSAM has reviewed the Funds’ tax positions for all open tax years (the current year) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. Such open tax year remains subject to examination and adjustment by tax authorities.
9. OTHER RISKS |
The Funds’ risks include, but are not limited to, the following:
Foreign and Emerging Countries Risk — Investing in foreign markets may involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of more or less foreign government regulation; less public information; less stringent investor protections; less stringent accounting, corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosure standards; and less economic, political and social stability in the countries in which a Fund invests. The imposition of sanctions, exchange controls (including repatriation restrictions), confiscation of assets and property,
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9. OTHER RISKS (continued) |
trade restrictions (including tariffs) and other government restrictions by the U.S. or other governments, or problems with registration, settlement or custody, may also result in losses. The type and severity of sanctions and other similar measures, including counter sanctions and other retaliatory actions, that may be imposed could vary broadly in scope, and their impact is impossible to predict. For example, the imposition of sanctions and other similar measures could, among other things, cause a decline in the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by the sanctioned country or companies located in or economically tied to the sanctioned country and increase market volatility and disruption in the sanctioned country and throughout the world. Sanctions and other similar measures could limit or prevent a Fund from buying and selling securities (in the sanctioned country and other markets), significantly delay or prevent the settlement of securities transactions, and significantly impact a Fund’s liquidity and performance. Foreign risk also involves the risk of negative foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, which may cause the value of securities denominated in such foreign currency (or other instruments through which a Fund has exposure to foreign currencies) to decline in value. Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. To the extent that a Fund also invests in securities of issuers located in, or economically tied to, emerging markets, these risks may be more pronounced.
Foreign Custody Risk — A Fund invests in foreign securities, and as such the Fund may hold such securities and cash with foreign banks, agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund’s custodian (each a “Foreign Custodian”). Some foreign custodians may be recently organized or new to the foreign custody business. In some countries, Foreign Custodians may be subject to little or no regulatory oversight over, or independent evaluation of, their operations. Further, the laws of certain countries may place limitations on a Fund’s ability to recover its assets if a Foreign Custodian enters bankruptcy. Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks than investments in more developed markets. Custody services in emerging market countries are very often undeveloped and may be considerably less well regulated than in more developed countries, and thus may not afford the same level of investor protection as would apply in developed countries.
Index Risk — GSAM, JUST Capital Foundation, Inc. and Solactive AG (the “Index Providers”) construct the respective Fund’s Index in accordance with a rules-based methodology. A Fund will be negatively affected by general declines in the securities and asset classes represented in its Index. In addition, because the Funds are not “actively” managed, unless a specific security is removed from an Index, a Fund generally would not sell a security because the security’s issuer was in financial trouble. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on a Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Index. A Fund also does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets. Therefore, a Fund’s performance could be lower than funds that may actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline or a decline in the value of one or more issuers. The Index Providers rely on third party data they believe to be reliable in constructing each respective Index, but they do not guarantee the accuracy or availability of such third party data. Errors in index data, index computation or the construction of an Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Providers for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the applicable Fund and its shareholders. In addition, neither a Fund, the Investment Adviser, the Calculation Agent nor the Index Providers can guarantee the availability or timeliness of the production of the Index. Furthermore, Solactive AG, the index provider for the Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF and Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF, and JUST Capital Foundation, Inc., the index provider for the Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, may delay or change a scheduled rebalancing or reconstitution of an Index or the implementation of certain rules at its sole discretion. In such circumstances, a Fund, in replicating the composition of its Index, may have more or less exposure to a particular sector or individual company than had the Index been constructed in accordance with its stated methodology.
Investments in Other Investment Companies Risk — As a shareholder of another investment company, including an ETF, a Fund will indirectly bear its proportionate share of any net management fees and other expenses paid by such other investment companies, in addition to the fees and expenses regularly borne by the Fund. ETFs are subject to risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) the market price of the ETF’s shares may trade at a premium or a discount to their NAV; and (ii) an active trading market for an ETF’s shares may not develop or be maintained.
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
August 31, 2022
9. OTHER RISKS (continued) |
Market and Credit Risks — In the normal course of business, a Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk). The value of the securities in which a Fund invests may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies, particular sectors or governments and/or general economic conditions throughout the world due to increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets. Events such as war, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, the spread of infectious illness or other public health threats could also significantly impact a Fund and its investments. Additionally, a Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.
Market Trading Risk — Each Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for Shares. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The Investment Adviser cannot predict whether Shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the securities of a Fund’s Index trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time.
Sector Risk — To the extent a Fund focuses its investments in securities of issuers in one or more sectors (such as the financial services or telecommunications sectors), the Fund may be subjected, to a greater extent than if its investments were diversified across different sectors, to the risks of volatile economic cycles and/or conditions and developments that may be particular to that sector, such as: adverse economic, business, political, environmental or other developments.
Tracking Error Risk — Tracking error is the divergence of a Fund’s performance from that of its Index. The performance of a Fund may diverge from that of its Index for a number of reasons. Tracking error may occur because of transaction costs, a Fund’s holding of cash, differences in accrual of dividends, changes to its Index or the need to meet new or existing regulatory requirements. Unlike a Fund, the returns of an Index are not reduced by investment and other operating expenses, including the trading costs associated with implementing changes to its portfolio of investments. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of market volatility or other unusual market conditions.
10. INDEMNIFICATIONS |
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Trustees, officers, employees and agents are indemnified, to the extent permitted by the Act and state law, against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, GSAM believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.
11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
Subsequent events after the Statements of Assets and Liabilities date have been evaluated, and GSAM has concluded that there is no impact requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of Goldman Sachs ETF Trust and Shareholders of Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF, Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF, and Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF
Opinions on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of each of the funds indicated in the table below (five of the funds constituting Goldman Sachs ETF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of August 31, 2022, the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of August 31, 2022, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets, and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Fund | Statement of operations |
Statements of changes in net assets |
Financial highlights | |||
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF, and Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF | For the year ended August 31, 2022 | For the two years ended August 31, 2022 | For each of the periods indicated therein | |||
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF | For the year ended August 31, 2022 | For the year ended August 31, 2022 and for the period November 6, 2020 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2021 | ||||
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF | For the period February 8, 2022 (commencement of operations) through August 31, 2022 |
Basis for Opinions
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of August 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
October 25, 2022
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Goldman Sachs fund complex since 2000.
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Voting Results of Special Meeting of Shareholders (Unaudited)
A Special Meeting (the “Meeting”) of the Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (“the Trust”) was held on December 3, 2021 to consider and act upon the proposal below. Each Fund has amortized its respective share of the proxy, shareholder meeting and other related costs and GSAM has agreed to reimburse the Fund in an amount equal to the portion of the increase in the Fund’s total expense ratio that exceeds a specified percentage.
At the Meeting, Cheryl K. Beebe, Lawrence Hughes, John F. Killian, Steven D. Krichmar and Linda A. Lang were elected to the Trust’s Board of Trustees. In electing trustees, the Trust’s shareholders voted as follows:
Proposal 1. Election of Trustees |
For | Against/Withheld | Abstain | |||||||||
Cheryl K. Beebe |
264,924,160 | 15,294,512 | 0 | |||||||||
Lawrence Hughes |
279,548,931 | 669,741 | 0 | |||||||||
John F. Killian |
264,883,857 | 15,334,814 | 0 | |||||||||
Steven D. Krichmar |
279,552,751 | 665,920 | 0 | |||||||||
Linda A. Lang |
279,620,511 | 598,160 | 0 |
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Fund Expenses — Six Months ended 8/31/2022 (Unaudited)
As a shareholder you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in Shares of the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other exchange-traded funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you may pay on your purchases and sales of Shares of a Fund.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period from March 1, 2022 and held for the six months ended August 31, 2022, which represents a period of 184 days of a 365 day year (or less where indicated).
Actual Expenses — The first line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the six months. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000=8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes — The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF | Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF | Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF | Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF | Goldman Sachs Just US Large Cap Equity ETF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning Account Value 3/1/2022 |
Ending Account Value 8/31/22 |
Expenses Paid* |
Beginning Account Value 3/1/22 |
Ending Account Value 8/31/22 |
Expenses Paid* |
Beginning Account Value 3/1/22 |
Ending Account Value 8/31/22 |
Expenses Paid* |
Beginning Account Value 3/1/22 |
Ending Account Value 8/31/22 |
Expenses Paid* |
Beginning Account Value 3/1/22 |
Ending Account Value 8/31/22 |
Expenses Paid* |
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Actual based on NAV |
$ | 1,000 | $ | 952.77 | $ | 2.21 | $ | 1,000 | $ | 902.01 | $ | 0.43 | $ | 1,000 | $ | 827.24 | $ | 2.07 | $ | 1,000 | $ | 821.38 | $ | 2.30 | $ | 1,000 | $ | 906.22 | $ | 0.96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hypothetical 5% return |
1,000 | 1,022.94 | + | 2.29 | 1,000 | 1,024.75 | + | 0.46 | 1,000 | 1,022.94 | + | 2.29 | 1,000 | 1,022.68 | + | 2.55 | 1,000 | 1,024.20 | + | 1.02 |
+ | Hypothetical expenses are based on the Fund’s actual annualized net expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. |
* | Expenses for each Fund is calculated using the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six months ended August 31, 2022. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the annualized net expense ratio by the average account value for the period; then multiplying the result by the number of days in the most recent fiscal year; and then dividing that result by the number of days in the fiscal year. The annualized net expense ratio for the period is as follows: |
Fund | ||||
Goldman Sachs Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF |
0.45 | % | ||
Goldman Sachs Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF |
0.09 | |||
Goldman Sachs Hedge Industry VIP ETF |
0.45 | |||
Goldman Sachs Innovate Equity ETF |
0.50 | |||
Goldman Sachs Just US Large Cap Equity ETF |
0.20 |
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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)
Independent Trustees
Name, Address and Age1 |
Position(s) Held with the Trust |
Term
of Length of |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Number
of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee3 |
Other Directorships Held by Trustee4 | |||||
Cheryl K. Beebe Age: 66 |
Chair of
the Board of Trustees |
Since 2021 |
Ms. Beebe is retired. She is Director, Packaging Corporation of America (2008-Present); Director, The Mosaic Company (2019-Present); Director, HanesBrands Inc. (2020-Present); and was formerly Director, Convergys Corporation (a global leader in customer experience outsourcing) (2015-2018); and formerly held the position of Executive Vice President, (2010-2014); and Chief Financial Officer, Ingredion, Inc. (a leading global ingredient solutions company) (2004-2014).
Chair of the Board of Trustees — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund. |
68 | Packaging Corporation of America (producer of container board); The Mosaic Company (producer of phosphate and potash fertilizer); HanesBrands Inc. (a multinational clothing company) | |||||
Lawrence Hughes Age: 64 |
Trustee | Since 2021 |
Mr. Hughes is retired. Formerly, he held senior management positions with BNY Mellon Wealth Management, a division of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (a financial services company) (1991-2015), most recently as Chief Executive Officer (2010-2015). He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors, (2012-Present) and formerly served as Chairman (2012-2019), Ellis Memorial and Eldredge House (a not-for-profit organization). Previously, Mr. Hughes served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs Trust II (February 2016-April 2016).
Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund. |
68 | None | |||||
John F. Killian Age: 67 |
Trustee | Since 2021 |
Mr. Killian is retired. He is Director, Consolidated Edison, Inc. (2007-Present); and was formerly Director, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (2011-2022). Previously, he held senior management positions with Verizon Communications, Inc., including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2009-2010); and President, Verizon Business, Verizon Communications, Inc. (2005-2009).
Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund. |
68 | Consolidated Edison, Inc. (a utility holding company) | |||||
Steven D. Krichmar Age: 64 |
Trustee | Since 2021 |
Mr. Krichmar is retired. Formerly, he held senior management and governance positions with Putnam Investments, LLC, a financial services company (2001-2016). He was most recently Chief of Operations and a member of the Operating Committee of Putnam Investments, LLC and Principal Financial Officer of The Putnam Funds. Previously, Mr. Krichmar served as an Audit Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and its predecessor company (1990-2001).
Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund. |
68 | None | |||||
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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)
Independent Trustees
Name, Address and Age1 |
Position(s) Held with the Trust |
Term
of Length of |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Number
of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee3 |
Other Directorships Held by Trustee4 | |||||
Linda A. Lang Age: 64 |
Trustee | Since 2016 |
Ms. Lang is retired. She was formerly Chair of the Board of Directors (2016-2019); and Member of the Board of Directors, WD-40 Company (a global consumer products company) (2004-2019); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2014); and Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, Jack in the Box, Inc. (a restaurant company) (2003-2005). Previously, Ms. Lang served as an Advisory Board Member of Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (February 2016-March 2016).
Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund. |
69 | None | |||||
Michael Latham Age: 56 |
Trustee | Since 2015 |
Mr. Latham
is retired. He currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and Director of
FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition
company) (2021-Present). Formerly, Mr. Latham held senior management
positions with the iShares exchange-traded fund business owned by
BlackRock, Inc., including Chairman (2011-2014); Global Head (2010-2011);
U.S. Head (2007-2010); and Chief Operating Officer (2003-2007).
Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund. |
69 | FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group (a special purpose acquisition company) | |||||
Lawrence W. Stranghoener Age: 68 |
Trustee | Since 2015 |
Mr. Stranghoener is retired. He is Chairman, Kennametal, Inc. (a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials) (2003-Present); and was formerly Director, Aleris Corporation and Aleris International, Inc. (a producer of aluminum rolled products) (2011-2020); Interim Chief Executive Officer (2014) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2004-2014), Mosaic Company (a fertilizer manufacturing company).
Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund.
Chair of the Board of Trustees — Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund |
69 | Kennametal, Inc. (a global manufacturer and distributor of tooling and industrial materials) | |||||
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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)
Interested Trustee*
Name, Address and Age1 |
Position(s) Held with the Trust |
Term
of Length of |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Number
of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee3 |
Other Directorships Held by Trustee4 | |||||
James A. McNamara Age: 59 |
President and Trustee | Since 2014 |
Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).
President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund. |
172 | None | |||||
* | Mr. McNamara is considered to be an “Interested Trustee” because he holds a position with Goldman Sachs and owns securities issued by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. The Interested Trustee holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor. |
1 | Each Trustee may be contacted by writing to the Trustee, c/o Goldman Sachs, 200 West Street, New York, New York, 10282, Attn: Caroline Kraus. Information is provided as of August 31, 2022. |
2 | Each Trustee holds office for an indefinite term, until the earliest of: (a) the election of his or her successor; (b) the date the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Board or shareholders, in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust; or (c) the termination of the Trust. The Board has adopted policies which provide that each Independent Trustee shall retire as of December 31st of the calendar year in which he or she reaches (a) his or her 74th birthday or (b) the 15th anniversary of the date he or she became a Trustee, whichever is earlier, unless a waiver of such requirements shall have been adopted by a majority of the other Trustees. These policies may be changed by the Trustees without shareholder vote. |
3 | The Goldman Sachs Fund Complex includes certain other companies listed above for each respective Trustee. As of August 31, 2022, Goldman Sachs ETF Trust consisted of 46 portfolios (29 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II consisted of 2 portfolios (1 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust consisted of 88 portfolios; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust consisted of 15 portfolios (12 of which offered shares to the public); Goldman Sachs Trust II consisted of 18 portfolios (16 of which offered shares to the public); and Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund, Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund each consisted of one portfolio. Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund did not offer shares to the public. |
4 | This column includes only directorships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies registered under the Act. |
Additional information about the Trustees is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States of America): 1-800-526-7384.
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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited) (continued)
Officers of the Trust*
Name, Address and Age1 |
Positions
Held with the Trust |
Term
of Office and Length of Time Served2 |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | |||
James A. McNamara 200 West Street New York, NY 10282 Age: 59 |
Trustee and President | Since 2014 |
Advisory Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2018-Present); Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2000-December 2017); Director of Institutional Fund Sales, GSAM (April 1998-December 2000); and Senior Vice President and Manager, Dreyfus Institutional Service Corporation (January 1993-April 1998).
President and Trustee — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust; Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund. | |||
Caroline L. Kraus 200 West Street New York, NY 10282 Age: 45 |
Secretary | Since 2014 |
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (January 2016 – Present); Vice President, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2015); Senior Counsel, Goldman Sachs (January 2020-Present); Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (2012-December 2019); Assistant General Counsel, Goldman Sachs (August 2006-December 2011); and Associate, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP (2002–2006).
Secretary — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust; Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Secretary (2012)); Goldman Sachs Trust II; Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc.; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit LLC; Goldman Sachs Private Middle Market Credit II LLC; Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp.; Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund. | |||
Joseph F. DiMaria 30 Hudson Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 Age: 54 |
Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer |
Since 2017 (Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer since 2019) |
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (November 2015-Present) and Vice President-Mutual Fund Administration, Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (May 2010-October 2015).
Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer — Goldman Sachs ETF Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (previously Assistant Treasurer (2016)); Goldman Sachs Trust II (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs MLP and Energy Renaissance Fund (previously Assistant Treasurer (2017)); Goldman Sachs ETF Trust II; Goldman Sachs Credit Income Fund; and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund. | |||
* | Represents a partial list of officers of the Trust. Additional information about all the officers is available in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained from Goldman Sachs free of charge by calling this toll-free number (in the United States): 1-800-621-2550. |
1 | Information is provided as of August 31, 2022. |
2 | Officers hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Each officer holds comparable positions with certain other companies of which Goldman Sachs, GSAM or an affiliate thereof is the investment adviser, administrator and/or distributor. |
Goldman Sachs ETF Trust – Equity ETFs - Tax Information (Unaudited)
For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, 25.51%, 88.68%, 85.05%, and 100% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF, Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Innovate Equity ETF, and JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, respectively, qualify for the dividends received deduction available to corporations.
For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, 100%, 84.10%, 100%, and 100% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the Bloomberg Clean Energy Equity ETF, Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, Innovate Equity ETF, and JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, respectively, qualify for the reduced tax rate under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003.
For the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, 7.14% of the dividends paid from net investment company taxable income by the Equal Weight U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF qualify as section 199A dividends.
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Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® International Equity ETF |
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TRUSTEES Cheryl K. Beebe, Chair Lawrence Hughes John F. Killian Steven D. Krichmar Linda A. Lang Michael Latham James A. McNamara Lawrence W. Stranghoener |
OFFICERS James A. McNamara, President Joseph F. DiMaria, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer Caroline L. Kraus, Secretary | |
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