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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and IJT +15.4%.

Which is cheaper, GLD or IJT?

IJT is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

GLD vs IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLD is a commodity fund and IJT an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJT returned +15.4% against +2.5%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $135.8bn for SPDR Gold Shares and $7.5bn for iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

+15.4%

IJT total return, 1 year

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

0.18%

IJT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJT costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.9 points; GLD is 18.1 times larger.

GLD vs IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLD	IJT
Return
Measure	GLD	IJT
Total return, 1 year	+2.5%	+15.4%
Drawdown
Measure	GLD	IJT
Below its high	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026	8.2%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLD	IJT
What it tracks	Gold	S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	GLD	IJT
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$135.8bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	GLD	IJT
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		9.6%

Method

Side by side

GLD SPDR Gold Shares IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Holds gold Tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth

Total return, 1 year +2.5% +15.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +2.7% (IAU) +15.6% (SLYG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs IAU −0.2 pts vs SLYG

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.18%

Holdings not counted 369

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $135.8bn $7.5bn

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

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About each fund

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.

IJT

IJT tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% 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 369 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 8.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLD or IJT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and IJT +15.4%.
Which is cheaper, GLD or IJT?: IJT is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

State Street website ↗

IJT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJT ↗

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