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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDVV returned +13.5% and IAU +2.7%.

Which is cheaper, FDVV or IAU?

FDVV is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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FDVV vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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FDVV is an equity index fund and IAU a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FDVV returned +13.5% against +2.7%.

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Net assets: $10.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity High Dividend ETF, and $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust.

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At a glance

+13.5%

FDVV total return, 1 year

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

0.15%

FDVV expense ratio

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

FDVV costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.8 points; IAU is 6.1 times larger.

FDVV vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FDVV	IAU
Return
Measure	FDVV	IAU
Total return, 1 year	+13.5%	+2.7%
Drawdown
Measure	FDVV	IAU
Below its high		24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FDVV	IAU
What it tracks	Fidelity High Dividend Index	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	FDVV	IAU
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$10.2bn	$62.2bn
Holdings
Measure	FDVV	IAU
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	87%
Holdings dated	Jul 31, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33.8%

Method

Side by side

FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF IAU iShares Gold Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Fidelity iShares

What it is Tracks an index of High Dividend Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +13.5% +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 0.15% 0.25%

Holdings 95 not counted

Net assets, FDVV as of Sep 30, 2026 and IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 $10.2bn $60.1bn

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

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About each fund

FDVV

FDVV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 95 positions, with the top ten at 33.8%.

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, FDVV or IAU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FDVV returned +13.5% and IAU +2.7%.
Which is cheaper, FDVV or IAU?: FDVV is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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FDVV on its own →IAU on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →FDVV dividend history →FDVV holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FDVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FDVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fidelity website ↗

iShares page for IAU ↗

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