Summary Prospectus
December 29, 2024
Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETF
Ticker:
GGUS Stock Exchange: NYSE Arca, Inc.
Before you invest, you may want to review the Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETF (the “Fund”) Prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s Prospectus, reports to shareholders and other information about the Fund online at dfinview.com/GoldmanSachs. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-621-2550 or by sending an e-mail request to gs-funds-document-requests@gs.com. The Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), both dated December 29, 2024, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.
| Investment Objective |
The Goldman Sachs MarketBeta® Russell 1000 Growth Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and
expenses, to the performance of the Russell 1000 Growth 40 Act Daily Capped Index (the “Index”).
| Fees and Expenses of the Fund |
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if
you buy, hold and sell Shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial
intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and
Example below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment)
| Management Fee |
0.12% |
| Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fee |
0.00% |
| Other Expenses |
0.00% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.12% |
| Expense Example |
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of owning Shares
of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes
that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
| 1 Year |
3 Years |
5 Years |
10 Years |
| $12 |
$39 |
$68 |
$154 |
| Portfolio Turnover |
The Fund may pay transaction costs when it buys and sells securities or
instruments (i.e., “turns over” its portfolio). A high rate of portfolio turnover may result in increased
transaction costs, including brokerage commissions, which must be borne by the Fund and its shareholders,
and is also likely to result in higher
short-term capital gains for taxable shareholders. These costs are not reflected in total annual fund operating expenses or in the expense example above, but are reflected in the Fund’s performance. The
Fund’s portfolio turnover rate for the period since the commencement of operations on November 28, 2023 to August 31, 2024 was
29% of the average value of its portfolio.
| Principal Investment Strategies |
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least
80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in equity securities
included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing equity securities included in its underlying index, and in underlying stocks in lieu of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.
The Index is designed to measure the performance of the large- and mid-capitalization growth segment of U.S. equity issuers, with a capping methodology (discussed below).
The Index is a subset of the Russell 1000 Index and measures the performance of equity securities of Russell 1000 Index issuers with higher price-to-book ratios, higher forecasted medium-term growth and
higher sales-per-share historical growth relative to all issuers whose securities are included in the Russell 1000 Index. It is calculated as a total return index in U.S. dollars and weighted by free-float market
capitalization (subject to the capping described below).
As of December 1, 2024, the Index consisted of 394 securities with a
market capitalization range of approximately $1.89 billion and $3.59 trillion, and an average
market capitalization of approximately $104.62 billion. The components of the Index may change
over time.
The Index applies a capping methodology aimed to ensure that the Fund generally remains classified as
“diversified” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Index normally rebalances quarterly, at which time (i) all companies that have a weight greater than 4.5% in aggregate are no more
than 22.5% of the Index and (ii) no individual company in the Index has a weight greater than 22.5% of the Index. The Index is monitored daily to ensure that companies that have a weight greater than 4.8% in
aggregate are no more than 24% of the Index. The daily capping is not applied during the pricing window preceding the rebalance date, which normally lasts several business days.
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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 owned and calculated by FTSE Russell (“Russell” or the “Index
Provider”).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.
| Principal Risks of the Fund |
Loss of money is a risk of investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any government agency. The Fund should not be relied upon as a complete investment program.
There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. Investments in the Fund involve substantial risks which prospective investors should consider
carefully before investing. The Fund's principal risks are presented below in alphabetical order, and not in the order of importance or
potential exposure.
Calculation Methodology Risk. The Index relies on various sources of information to assess the criteria of issuers included in the
Index, including fundamental information that may be based on assumptions and estimates.
Neither the Fund, the Investment Adviser nor the Index Provider can offer assurances that the Index’s calculation methodology or sources of information will provide an accurate assessment of included issuers or a correct
valuation of securities, nor can they guarantee the availability or timeliness of the production of the Index.
Diversification Risk. The Fund is classified as “diversified” under 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 is permitted to invest a larger percentage of its assets in fewer issuers than diversified funds. This increased investment in fewer issuers may make the Fund more susceptible to adverse developments affecting any
single issuer held in its portfolio, and may be more susceptible to greater losses because of
these developments.
Index Risk. The Fund will be negatively affected by general declines in the securities and asset classes represented
in the Index. In addition, because the Fund is not “actively” managed, unless a specific security is removed from the Index, the Fund generally would not sell a security because the security’s issuer
was in financial trouble, and the Fund does not take defensive positions in declining markets. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its
exposure to the required levels in order to track the Index. The Index Provider relies on third party data it believes to be reliable in constructing the Index, but it does not guarantee the accuracy or availability of any
such third party data, and there is no guarantee with respect to the accuracy, availability or timeliness of the production of the
Index.
Industry Concentration Risk. In following its methodology, the Index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in
securities of issuers located in a single industry or group of industries. To the extent that
the Index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries, the Fund also may concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. By concentrating its investments in an industry or group
of industries, the Fund may face more risks than if it were diversified broadly over numerous industries or groups of industries. If the Index is not concentrated in a particular industry or group of industries,
the Fund will not concentrate in a particular industry or group of industries.
Investment Style Risk. Different investment styles (e.g., “growth”, “value” or “quantitative”) tend to shift in and out of favor depending upon market
and economic conditions and investor sentiment. The Index is intended to provide exposure to growth equity securities of large- and mid-capitalization equity issuers, and as a result the Index may be more volatile than a more
broadly based conventional index. The Fund may outperform or underperform other funds that invest in similar asset classes but employ different investment styles. Growth investing is an example of an
investment style.Growth companies are often expected by investors to increase their earnings at a certain rate. When these expectations are not met, investors can punish the stocks inordinately even if earnings showed
an absolute increase.
Large Shareholder Risk. Certain shareholders, including other funds advised by the Investment Adviser, may from time to time own
a substantial amount of the Fund’s Shares. In addition, a third party investor, the
Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser, an authorized participant, a lead market maker, or another entity
(i.e., a seed investor) may invest in the Fund and hold its investment solely to facilitate commencement of the Fund or to facilitate the Fund’s achieving a
specified size or scale. Any such investment may be held for a limited period of time. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder would not redeem its investment, that the size of the Fund would be
maintained at such levels or that the Fund would continue to meet applicable listing requirements. Redemptions by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund, including on the
Fund’s liquidity. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account for a large percentage of the trading volume on NYSE Arca, Inc. and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the
market price of the Shares.
Market Risk. The value of the securities in which the 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, military conflict, acts of terrorism, social unrest, natural disasters, recessions, inflation, rapid interest rate changes, supply chain disruptions, sanctions, the spread of infectious illness or
other public health threats could also significantly impact the Fund and its
investments.
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Market Trading Risk.
The net asset value (“NAV”) of the Fund and the value of your investment may
fluctuate. Market prices of Shares may fluctuate, in some cases significantly, in response to the Fund’s NAV, the intraday value of the Fund’s holdings and supply and demand for Shares. The 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. Any of these factors, among
others, may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to NAV, which will be reflected in the intraday bid/ask spreads and/or the closing price of Shares as compared to NAV. In addition, because
liquidity in certain underlying securities may fluctuate, Shares may trade at a larger premium or discount to NAV than shares of other kinds of ETFs. 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 pay more for, or receive less than, the underlying value of the Shares, respectively.
Additionally, in stressed market conditions, the market for Shares may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Fund's underlying portfolio holdings.
Mid-Cap Risk. Investments in mid-capitalization companies involve greater risks than those associated with larger, more established companies. These securities may be
subject to more abrupt or erratic price movements and may lack sufficient market liquidity, and these issuers often face greater business risks.
Seed Investor Risk. GSAM and/or its affiliates may make payments to one or more investors that contribute seed capital to the Fund. Such payments may continue for a specified
period of time and/or until a specified dollar amount is reached. Those payments will be made from the assets of GSAM and/or such affiliates (and not the Fund). Seed investors may contribute all or a
majority of the assets in the Fund. There is a risk that such seed investors may redeem their investments in the Fund, particularly after payments from GSAM and/or its affiliates have ceased. As with redemptions by
other large shareholders, such redemptions could have a significant negative impact on the Fund, including on the Fund’s liquidity and the market price of the Fund’s Shares.
Stock Risk. Stock prices have historically risen and fallen in periodic cycles. U.S. stock markets have experienced
periods of substantial price volatility in the past and may do so again in the
future.
Tracking Error
Risk. Tracking error is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of the Index. The performance of the Fund may diverge from that of the Index for a
number of reasons. Tracking error may occur because of transaction costs, the Fund’s holding of cash, differences in accrual of dividends, changes to the Index or the need to meet new or existing
regulatory requirements. Unlike the Fund, the returns of the 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. The Fund may be required to deviate its investments from the
securities and relative weightings of the Index to comply with the Investment Company Act, to meet the issuer diversification requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended(the “Code”),
applicable to regulated investment companies, or as a result of local market restrictions or other legal reasons, including regulatory limits or other restrictions on securities that may be purchased by the Investment
Adviser and its affiliates.
Valuation Risk. The sale price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low volume or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology. The Fund relies on various sources to calculate its NAV. The information may be provided by
third parties that are believed to be reliable, but the information may not be accurate due to errors by such pricing sources, technological issues or otherwise.
| Performance |
As the Fund had not operated for a full calendar year as of the date of
the Prospectus, there is no performance information quoted for the Fund. Updated performance information is available at no additional cost at am.gs.com or by calling the appropriate phone number on the back cover of the
Prospectus.
| Portfolio Management |
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. is the investment adviser for the
Fund (the “Investment Adviser” or “GSAM”).
Portfolio Managers: Raj Garigipati, Managing Director, has managed the Fund since November 2023 and Gauri Sekaria, Vice
President, has managed the Fund since April 2024.
| Buying and Selling Fund Shares |
Individual Shares of the Fund may only be purchased and sold in
secondary market transactions through a broker or dealer at market price. Because Shares
trade at market prices, rather than NAV, Shares of the Fund may trade at a price greater than NAV (i.e., a premium) or less than NAV (i.e., a discount).
You may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay for Shares (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to
accept for Shares (ask) (the “bid-ask spread”) when buying or selling Shares in the
secondary market.
Recent information, including information about the Fund’s NAV, market price, premiums and
discounts, and bid-ask spreads (when available), is included on the Fund’s website at
am.gs.com.
| Tax Information |
The Fund’s distributions are taxable, and will be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as a 401(k)
plan or an individual retirement account. Investments made through tax-deferred arrangements may become taxable upon withdrawal from such arrangements.
| Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries |
If you purchase Shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other
financial intermediary (such as a bank), GSAM or other related companies may pay the
intermediary for the sale of Fund Shares or related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over
another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.