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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and SCHG +6.8%.

Which is cheaper, GLD or SCHG?

SCHG is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 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 SCHG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLD is a commodity fund and SCHG an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SCHG returned +6.8% against +2.5%.

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Net assets: $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares, and $63.0bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

+6.8%

SCHG total return, 1 year

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

0.04%

SCHG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHG costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points.

GLD vs SCHG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLD	SCHG
Return
Measure	GLD	SCHG
Total return, 1 year	+2.5%	+6.8%
Drawdown
Measure	GLD	SCHG
Below its high	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026	3.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLD	SCHG
What it tracks	Gold	Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Total Stock Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	GLD	SCHG
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.04%
Net assets, GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 and SCHG as of Aug 31, 2026	$135.8bn	$63.0bn
Holdings
Measure	GLD	SCHG
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		95%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		51.0%

Method

Side by side

GLD SPDR Gold Shares SCHG Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Schwab

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth

Total return, 1 year +2.5% +6.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +2.7% (IAU) +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs IAU −6.9 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.04%

Holdings not counted 192

Net assets, GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 and SCHG as of Aug 31, 2026 $135.8bn $63.0bn

GLD and SCHG 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.

SCHG

SCHG tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +6.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 192 positions, with the top ten at 51.0%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLD or SCHG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and SCHG +6.8%.
Which is cheaper, GLD or SCHG?: SCHG is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

State Street website ↗

SCHG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCHG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Schwab website ↗

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