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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and VBIL +3.7%.

Which is cheaper, GLD or VBIL?

VBIL is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 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 VBIL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLD is a commodity fund and VBIL a short-term Treasury fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VBIL returned +3.7% against +2.5%.

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Net assets: $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares, and $12.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF.

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At a glance

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

+3.7%

VBIL total return, 1 year

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

0.06%

VBIL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VBIL costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; GLD is 11.1 times larger.

GLD vs VBIL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLD	VBIL
Return
Measure	GLD	VBIL
Total return, 1 year	+2.5%	+3.7%
Drawdown
Measure	GLD	VBIL
Below its high	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLD	VBIL
What it tracks	Gold	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bills 0-3 Months Index
Cost and size
Measure	GLD	VBIL
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$141.7bn	$12.8bn
Holdings
Measure	GLD	VBIL
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

GLD SPDR Gold Shares VBIL Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of 0-3 Month Treasury Bill

Total return, 1 year +2.5% +3.7%

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% 0.06%

Holdings not counted 28

Net assets, GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 and VBIL as of Sep 30, 2026 $135.8bn $12.8bn

GLD and VBIL 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.

VBIL

VBIL tracks an index of 0-3 Month Treasury Bill. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLD or VBIL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and VBIL +3.7%.
Which is cheaper, GLD or VBIL?: VBIL is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 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 ↗

VBIL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VBIL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VBIL ↗

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