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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and XLRE +4.3%.

Which is cheaper, GLD or XLRE?

XLRE is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 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 XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLD is a commodity fund and XLRE an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, XLRE returned +4.3% against +2.5%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $135.8bn for SPDR Gold Shares and $8.0bn for State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

+4.3%

XLRE total return, 1 year

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

0.08%

XLRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLRE costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; GLD is 17.0 times larger.

GLD vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLD	XLRE
Return
Measure	GLD	XLRE
Total return, 1 year	+2.5%	+4.3%
Drawdown
Measure	GLD	XLRE
Below its high	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026	7.7%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLD	XLRE
What it tracks	Gold	Real Estate Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	GLD	XLRE
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$135.8bn	$8.0bn
Holdings
Measure	GLD	XLRE
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		58.9%

Method

Side by side

GLD SPDR Gold Shares XLRE State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street State Street

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of Real estate

Total return, 1 year +2.5% +4.3%

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% 0.08%

Holdings not counted 31

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $135.8bn $8.0bn

GLD and XLRE 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.

XLRE

XLRE tracks an index of Real estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% 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 31 positions, with the top ten at 58.9%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLD or XLRE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLD returned +2.5% and XLRE +4.3%.
Which is cheaper, GLD or XLRE?: XLRE is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 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 ↗

XLRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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