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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and VTV +23.5%.

Which is cheaper, GLD or VTV?

VTV 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 VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLD is a commodity fund and VTV an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VTV returned +23.5% against +2.5%.

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Net assets: $135.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold Shares, and $184.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF.

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At a glance

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

+23.5%

VTV total return, 1 year

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

0.03%

VTV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTV costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.0 points; VTV is 1.3 times larger.

GLD vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLD	VTV
Return
Measure	GLD	VTV
Total return, 1 year	+2.5%	+23.5%
Drawdown
Measure	GLD	VTV
Below its high	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLD	VTV
What it tracks	Gold	Morningstar US Large Cap Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	GLD	VTV
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$141.7bn	$184.2bn
Holdings
Measure	GLD	VTV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		23.6%

Method

Risk and return

Nov 26, 2004 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,143 weekly returns

GLD VTV

Return

Total return edge GLD (slight) +709.5% +644.3%

Annualized edge GLD (slight) +10.0% +9.6%

Price return edge GLD +709.5% +319.9%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 17.3% 17.4%

Max drawdown edge GLD −44.7% −59.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge GLD (slight) 0.53 0.51

Sortino edge GLD (slight) 0.77 0.71

Calmar edge GLD 0.22 0.16

Reading

GLD returned slightly more: +709.5% to +644.3%. GLD and VTV swung about the same: 17.3% and 17.4%. GLD fell less at its worst: −44.7% to −59.1%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: GLD vs VTV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLD	VTV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+709.5%	+644.3%	GLD (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.0%	+9.6%	GLD (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+709.5%	+319.9%	GLD	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	17.3%	17.4%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.9%	12.4%	GLD (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−44.7%	−59.1%	GLD	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.53	0.51	GLD (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.77	0.71	GLD (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.22	0.16	GLD	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,143 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

GLD SPDR Gold Shares VTV Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of US value

Total return, 1 year +2.5% +23.5%

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 300

Net assets, GLD as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTV as of Sep 30, 2026 $135.8bn $184.2bn

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

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GLD and VTV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. GLD follows Gold and VTV follows Morningstar US Large Cap Value Index.
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 GLD returned +2.5% and VTV +23.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 21.0 points.
Cost. GLD charges 0.40% of assets a year and VTV 0.03%, a gap of 0.37 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

VTV

VTV tracks an index of US value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 300 positions, with the top ten at 23.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLD or VTV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and VTV +23.5%.
Which is cheaper, GLD or VTV?: VTV 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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Sources and dates

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VTV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTV ↗

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