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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FNDX returned +23.9% and GLD +2.5%.

Which is cheaper, FNDX or GLD?

FNDX 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

FNDX vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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FNDX is an equity index fund and GLD a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FNDX returned +23.9% against +2.5%.

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Net assets: $27.6bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF, and $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares.

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At a glance

+23.9%

FNDX total return, 1 year

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

0.25%

FNDX expense ratio

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

FNDX costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.4 points.

FNDX vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FNDX	GLD
Return
Measure	FNDX	GLD
Total return, 1 year	+23.9%	+2.5%
Drawdown
Measure	FNDX	GLD
Below its high		24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	FNDX	GLD
What it tracks	Fundamental U.S. Large Company	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	FNDX	GLD
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.40%
Net assets, FNDX as of Aug 31, 2026 and GLD as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.6bn	$135.8bn
Holdings
Measure	FNDX	GLD
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	21.0%

Method

Side by side

FNDX Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF GLD SPDR Gold Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Schwab State Street

What it is Tracks an index of Fundamental U.S. Large Company Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +23.9% +2.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.1% (IWB) +2.7% (IAU)

Gap to its benchmark +10.8 pts vs IWB −0.2 pts vs IAU

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.40%

Holdings 731 not counted

Net assets, FNDX as of Aug 31, 2026 and GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 $27.6bn $135.8bn

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

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About each fund

FNDX

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.9% with distributions reinvested, against +13.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index.

FNDX tracks an index of Fundamental U.S. Large Company. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 731 positions, with the top ten at 21.0%.

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, FNDX or GLD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FNDX returned +23.9% and GLD +2.5%.
Which is cheaper, FNDX or GLD?: FNDX 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

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