Which returned more over the last year, DYNF or GLDM?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DYNF returned +14.5% and GLDM +2.8%.

Which is cheaper, DYNF or GLDM?

GLDM is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DYNF vs GLDM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DYNF is an actively managed equity fund and GLDM a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DYNF returned +14.5% against +2.8%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $42.7bn for iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF and $30.6bn for SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust.

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At a glance

+14.5%

DYNF total return, 1 year

+2.8%

GLDM total return, 1 year

0.26%

DYNF expense ratio

0.10%

GLDM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GLDM costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.7 points; DYNF is 1.4 times larger.

DYNF vs GLDM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DYNF	GLDM
Return
Measure	DYNF	GLDM
Total return, 1 year	+14.5%	+2.8%
Drawdown
Measure	DYNF	GLDM
Below its high		24.5%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DYNF	GLDM
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	DYNF	GLDM
Expense ratio	0.26%	0.10%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$42.7bn	$30.6bn
Holdings
Measure	DYNF	GLDM
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	95%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	40.7%

Method

Side by side

DYNF iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Actively managed Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +14.5% +2.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (PBUS) +2.5% (GLD)

Gap to its benchmark +1.2 pts vs PBUS +0.3 pts vs GLD

Expense ratio 0.26% 0.10%

Holdings 262 not counted

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $42.7bn $30.6bn

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

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About each fund

DYNF

DYNF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 262 positions, with the top ten at 40.7%.

GLDM

Its expense ratio is 0.10% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLDM holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.5% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DYNF or GLDM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DYNF returned +14.5% and GLDM +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, DYNF or GLDM?: GLDM is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

DYNF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DYNF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DYNF ↗

State Street website ↗

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