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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and SCHB +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, GLD or SCHB?

SCHB is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 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 SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLD is a commodity fund and SCHB an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SCHB returned +13.4% against +2.5%.

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Net assets: $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares, and $44.6bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

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At a glance

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

+13.4%

SCHB total return, 1 year

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

0.03%

SCHB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHB costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.9 points.

GLD vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLD	SCHB
Return
Measure	GLD	SCHB
Total return, 1 year	+2.5%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	GLD	SCHB
Below its high	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLD	SCHB
What it tracks	Gold	Dow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	GLD	SCHB
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.03%
Net assets, GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 and SCHB as of Aug 31, 2026	$135.8bn	$44.6bn
Holdings
Measure	GLD	SCHB
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		33.7%

Method

Side by side

GLD SPDR Gold Shares SCHB Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Schwab

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of US broad market

Total return, 1 year +2.5% +13.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +2.7% (IAU) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs IAU not measured

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.03%

Holdings not counted 2372

Net assets, GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 and SCHB as of Aug 31, 2026 $135.8bn $44.6bn

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

Alert

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.

SCHB

SCHB tracks an index of US broad market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 2,372 positions, with the top ten at 33.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLD or SCHB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and SCHB +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, GLD or SCHB?: SCHB is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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

Sources and dates

State Street website ↗

SCHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCHB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Schwab website ↗

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