Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or GLD?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and GLD +2.5%.

Which is cheaper, EMXC or GLD?

EMXC is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EMXC vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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EMXC is an equity index fund and GLD a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EMXC returned +33.8% against +2.5%.

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Net assets: $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF, and $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares.

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At a glance

+33.8%

EMXC total return, 1 year

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

EMXC costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 31.3 points; GLD is 5.1 times larger.

EMXC vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EMXC	GLD
Return
Measure	EMXC	GLD
Total return, 1 year	+33.8%	+2.5%
Drawdown
Measure	EMXC	GLD
Below its high	11.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EMXC	GLD
What it tracks	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	EMXC	GLD
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$26.4bn	$135.8bn
Holdings
Measure	EMXC	GLD
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42.2%

Method

Side by side

EMXC iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF GLD SPDR Gold Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +33.8% +2.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +37.0% (KEMX) +2.7% (IAU)

Gap to its benchmark −3.2 pts vs KEMX −0.2 pts vs IAU

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.40%

Holdings 696 not counted

Net assets, EMXC as of Oct 28, 2026 and GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 $26.9bn $135.8bn

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

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About each fund

EMXC

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +33.8% with distributions reinvested, against +37.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 696 positions, with the top ten at 42.2%. It sat 11.3% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

GLD

Its expense ratio is 0.40% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLD holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +2.7% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.7% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMXC or GLD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMXC returned +33.8% and GLD +2.5%.
Which is cheaper, EMXC or GLD?: EMXC is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

EMXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EMXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EMXC ↗

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