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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FBCG returned +9.5% and IAU +2.7%.

Which is cheaper, FBCG or IAU?

IAU is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FBCG vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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FBCG is an actively managed equity fund and IAU a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FBCG returned +9.5% against +2.7%.

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Net assets: $7.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF, and $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust.

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At a glance

+9.5%

FBCG total return, 1 year

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

0.57%

FBCG expense ratio

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IAU costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.8 points; IAU is 8.2 times larger.

FBCG vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FBCG	IAU
Return
Measure	FBCG	IAU
Total return, 1 year	+9.5%	+2.7%
Drawdown
Measure	FBCG	IAU
Below its high	5.7%, high on Oct 6, 2026	24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FBCG	IAU
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	FBCG	IAU
Expense ratio	0.57%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.6bn	$62.2bn
Holdings
Measure	FBCG	IAU
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	85%
Holdings dated	Jul 31, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.2%

Method

Side by side

FBCG Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF IAU iShares Gold Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Fidelity iShares

What it is Actively managed Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +9.5% +2.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (VOO) +2.5% (GLD)

Gap to its benchmark −4.2 pts vs VOO +0.2 pts vs GLD

Expense ratio 0.57% 0.25%

Holdings 230 not counted

Net assets, FBCG as of Sep 30, 2026 and IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 $7.6bn $60.1bn

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

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About each fund

FBCG

FBCG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +9.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.57% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 85% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 230 positions, with the top ten at 57.2%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

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, FBCG or IAU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FBCG returned +9.5% and IAU +2.7%.
Which is cheaper, FBCG or IAU?: IAU is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

FBCG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FBCG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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iShares page for IAU ↗

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