Which returned more over the last year, DVY or IAU?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and IAU +2.7%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or IAU?

IAU is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DVY vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DVY is an equity index fund and IAU a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% against +2.7%.

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Net assets: $23.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Select Dividend ETF, and $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IAU costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.4 points; IAU is 2.6 times larger.

DVY vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	IAU
Return
Measure	DVY	IAU
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+2.7%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	IAU
Below its high		24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	IAU
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	IAU
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$60.3bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	IAU
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	80%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%

Method

Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF IAU iShares Gold Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +2.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +2.5% (GLD)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.2 pts vs GLD

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.25%

Holdings 101 not counted

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 $23.4bn $60.1bn

DVY and IAU on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

IAU

Its expense ratio is 0.25% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

IAU holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.6% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or IAU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and IAU +2.7%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or IAU?: IAU is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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iShares page for IAU ↗

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