08/11/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/11/2025 04:10
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes to the financial statements included with this report. The discussion and analysis that follows may contain statements that relate to future events or future performance. In some cases, such forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. We remind readers that forward-looking statements are merely predictions and therefore inherently subject to uncertainties and other factors and involve known and unknown risks that could cause the actual results, performance, levels of activity, or our achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, levels of activity, or our achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Trust undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Introduction.
The GraniteShares Platinum Trust (the "Trust") is a trust formed under the laws of the State of New York. The Trust does not have any officers, directors, or employees, and is administered by The Bank of New York Mellon (the "Trustee") acting as trustee pursuant to the Depositary Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement") between the Trustee and GraniteShares LLC, the sponsor of the Trust (the "Sponsor"). The Trust issues Shares representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in its net assets. The assets of the Trust consist of platinum bullion held by a custodian as an agent of the Trust and responsible only to the Trustee.
The Trust is a passive investment vehicle and the objective of the Trust is for the value of each Share to approximately reflect, at any given time, the price of the platinum bullion owned by the Trust, less the Trust's liabilities (anticipated to be principally for accrued operating expenses), divided by the number of outstanding Shares. The Trust does not engage in any activities designed to obtain a profit from, or ameliorate losses caused by, changes in the price of platinum.
The Trust issues and redeems Shares only in exchange for platinum, only in aggregations of 50,000 or integral multiples thereof (each, a "Basket"), and only in transactions with registered broker-dealers or other securities market participants not required to register as broker-dealers, such as a bank or other financial institution, that (1) are participants in DTC and (2) have previously entered into an agreement with the Trust governing the terms and conditions of such issuance (such dealers, the "Authorized Participants"). As of the date of this annual report the Authorized Participants that have signed an Authorized Participant Agreement with the J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp., and Virtu Financial BD, LLC.
Shares of the Trust trade on the NYSE Arca under the symbol "PLTM".
Investing in the Shares does not insulate the investor from certain risks, including price volatility. The following graph illustrates the movement in the net asset value ("NAV") of the Shares against the corresponding platinum price (per 1/100 of an oz. of platinum) since inception:
NAV per Share vs. 1/100th platinum price from the January 11, 2018 (the Date of Inception) to June 30, 2025(1)
(1) Adjusted for effect of stock split. The stock split was effective on March 11, 2019. See Note 1 to the Financial Statements
Source: Bloomberg
The divergence of the NAV per Share from the platinum price over time reflects the cumulative effect of the Trust expenses that arise if an investment had been held since inception.
Critical Accounting Policy
The financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements relies on estimates and assumptions that impact the Trust's financial position and results of operations. These estimates and assumptions affect the Trust's application of accounting policies. Below we describe the valuation of platinum bullion, a critical accounting policy that we believe is important to understanding our results of operations and financial position. In addition, please refer to Note 2 to the Financial Statements for further discussion of our accounting policies.
Valuation of Platinum
Platinum is held by the Custodian on behalf of the Trust. Platinum is recorded at fair value. The cost of platinum is determined according to the average cost method and the fair value is based on the LBMA Platinum Price PM. Realized gains and losses on transfers of platinum, or platinum distributed for the redemption of Shares, are calculated on a trade date basis as the difference between the fair value and cost of platinum transferred.
| June 30, 2025 | June 30, 2024 | |||||||
| (Amounts in 000's of US$) | ||||||||
| Investment in platinum - cost | $ | 65,762 | $ | 43,369 | ||||
| Unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in platinum | 19,473 | (233 | ) | |||||
| Investment in platinum - fair value | $ | 85,235 | $ | 43,136 | ||||
Inspection of Platinum
Under the Custody Agreements, the Trustee, the Sponsor and the Sponsor's auditors and inspectors may, only up to twice a year, visit the premises of the Custodian for the purpose of examining the Trust's platinum and certain related records maintained by the Custodian.
The Sponsor has exercised its right to visit the Custodian in order to examine the platinum and the records maintained by them. The most recent inspection by Bureau Veritas, a leading commodity inspection and testing company retained by the Sponsor, of the Custodian was conducted as of June 30, 2025.
Liquidity
The Trust is not aware of any trends, demands, conditions or events that are reasonably likely to result in material changes to its liquidity needs. In exchange for a fee (the "Sponsor's Fee"), the Sponsor has agreed to assume most of the expenses incurred by the Trust. As a result, the only expense of the Trust during the period covered by this report was the Sponsor's Fee. The Trust's only source of liquidity is its transfers and sales of platinum.
The Trustee will, at the direction of the Sponsor or in its own discretion, sell the Trust's platinum as necessary to pay the Trust's expenses not otherwise assumed by the Sponsor. The Trustee will not sell platinum to pay the Sponsor's Fee but will pay the Sponsor's Fee through in-kind transfers of platinum to the Sponsor. At June 30, 2025 the Trust did not have any cash balances.
Review of Financial Results
Financial Highlights
| June 30, 2025 | June 30, 2024 | |||||||
| (Amounts in 000's of US$) | ||||||||
| Total gain / (loss) on platinum | $ | 20,328 | $ | 4,956 | ||||
| Change in net assets from operations | $ | 20,085 | $ | 4,768 | ||||
| Net increase (decrease) in net assets per share | $ | 3.97 | $ | 1.15 | ||||
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025
The Trust's NAV increased from $ 43,119,274 on June 30, 2024 to $ 85,206,010 on June 30, 2025, a 97.61% increase for the year. The increase in the Trust's NAV resulted primarily from an increase in outstanding Shares from 4,400,000 Shares on June 30, 2024 to 6,550,000 Shares on June 30, 2025, a result of 3,150,000 Shares (63 Baskets) being created and 1,000,000 Shares (20 Baskets) being redeemed during that period (a 48.86% increase), as well as an increase in the platinum price from $1,012 per ounce on June 30, 2024 to $1,350 per ounce on June 30, 2025, a 33.40% increase.
The NAV per Share increased 32.76% from $ 9.80 on June 30, 2024 to $13.01 on June 30, 2025. The Trust's NAV per Share increased slightly less than the price per ounce of platinum on a percentage basis due to the Sponsor's Fee, which was $242,983 for the year, or 0.50 % of the Trust's assets on an annualized basis.
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2024
The Trust's NAV increased from $ 34,919,057 on June 30, 2023 to $ 43,119,274 on June 30, 2024, a 23.48% decrease for the year. The increase in the Trust's NAV resulted primarily from an increase in outstanding Shares from 4,000,000 Shares on June 30, 2023 to 4,400,000 Shares on June 30, 2024, a result of 850,000 Shares (17 Baskets) being created and 450,000 Shares (9 Baskets) being redeemed during that period
The NAV per Share increased 12.26% from $ 8.73 on June 30, 2023 to $9.80 on June 30, 2024. The price per ounce of platinum increased 12.82% $ 897 on June 30, 2023 to $1,012 on June 30, 2024. The Trust's NAV per Share decreased slightly more than the price per ounce of platinum on a percentage basis due to the Sponsor's Fee, which was $187,695 for the year, or 0.50% of the Trust's assets on an annualized basis
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2023
The Trust's NAV decreased from $44,801,455 on June 30, 2022 to $34,919,057 on June 30, 2023, a 22.1% decrease for the year. The decrease in the Trust's NAV resulted primarily from a decrease in outstanding Shares from 5,050,000 Shares on June 30, 2022 to 4,000,000 Shares on June 30, 2023, a result of 350,000 Shares (7 Baskets) being created and 1,400,000 Shares (28 Baskets) being redeemed during that period
The NAV per Share decreased 1.6% from $8.87 on June 30, 2022 to $8.73 on June 30, 2023. The price per ounce of platinum decreased 1.1% from $907.00 on June 30, 2022 to $897 on June 30, 2024. The Trust's NAV per Share decreased slightly more than the price per ounce of platinum on a percentage basis due to the Sponsor's Fee, which was $216,715 for the year, or 0.50% of the Trust's assets on an annualized basis.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Trust is not a party to any off-balance sheet arrangements.