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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FENI returned +14.2% and IAU +2.7%.

Which is cheaper, FENI or IAU?

IAU is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FENI vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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FENI is an actively managed equity fund and IAU a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FENI returned +14.2% against +2.7%.

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Net assets: $11.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Enhanced International ETF, and $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust.

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At a glance

+14.2%

FENI total return, 1 year

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

0.28%

FENI expense ratio

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IAU costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; IAU is 5.4 times larger.

FENI vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FENI	IAU
Return
Measure	FENI	IAU
Total return, 1 year	+14.2%	+2.7%
Drawdown
Measure	FENI	IAU
Below its high	4.7%, high on Aug 13, 2026	24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FENI	IAU
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	FENI	IAU
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$11.5bn	$62.2bn
Holdings
Measure	FENI	IAU
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.5%

Method

Side by side

FENI Fidelity Enhanced International 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 +14.2% +2.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +12.1% (EFA) +2.5% (GLD)

Gap to its benchmark +2.1 pts vs EFA +0.2 pts vs GLD

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.25%

Holdings 386 not counted

Net assets, FENI as of Sep 30, 2026 and IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 $11.5bn $60.1bn

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

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About each fund

FENI

FENI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 386 positions, with the top ten at 16.5%. It sat 4.7% below its high of Aug 13, 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, FENI or IAU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FENI returned +14.2% and IAU +2.7%.
Which is cheaper, FENI or IAU?: IAU is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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

Sources and dates

FENI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FENI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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iShares page for IAU ↗

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