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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and SPYM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, GLD or SPYM?

SPYM is cheaper, by 0.38 percentage points a year. That is about $38 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 SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLD is a commodity fund and SPYM an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYM returned +13.7% against +2.5%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $135.8bn for SPDR Gold Shares and $185.0bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPYM total return, 1 year

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.38 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.2 points; SPYM is 1.4 times larger.

GLD vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLD	SPYM
Return
Measure	GLD	SPYM
Total return, 1 year	+2.5%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	GLD	SPYM
Below its high	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLD	SPYM
What it tracks	Gold	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	GLD	SPYM
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$135.8bn	$185.0bn
Holdings
Measure	GLD	SPYM
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		38.1%

Method

Side by side

GLD SPDR Gold Shares SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street State Street

What it is Holds gold Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +2.5% +13.7%

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

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs IAU 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.02%

Holdings not counted 506

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $135.8bn $185.0bn

Former ticker none SPLG

GLD and SPYM 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.

SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLD or SPYM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and SPYM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, GLD or SPYM?: SPYM is cheaper, by 0.38 percentage points a year. That is about $38 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 ↗

SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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