Which returned more over the last year, GLDM or VDC?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLDM returned +2.8% and VDC +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, GLDM or VDC?

VDC is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

GLDM vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLDM is a commodity fund and VDC an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VDC returned +12.7% against +2.8%.

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Net assets: $30.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust, and $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

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At a glance

+2.8%

GLDM total return, 1 year

+12.7%

VDC total return, 1 year

0.10%

GLDM expense ratio

0.09%

VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDC costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.9 points; GLDM is 4.1 times larger.

GLDM vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLDM	VDC
Return
Measure	GLDM	VDC
Total return, 1 year	+2.8%	+12.7%
Drawdown
Measure	GLDM	VDC
Below its high	24.5%, high on Jan 29, 2026	3.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLDM	VDC
What it tracks	Gold	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	GLDM	VDC
Expense ratio	0.10%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$30.7bn	$7.4bn
Holdings
Measure	GLDM	VDC
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		86%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		66.0%

Method

Side by side

GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of Consumer Staples

Total return, 1 year +2.8% +12.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +2.5% (GLD) +12.7% (FSTA)

Gap to its benchmark +0.3 pts vs GLD 0.0 pts vs FSTA

Expense ratio 0.10% 0.09%

Holdings not counted 105

Net assets, GLDM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $30.6bn $7.4bn

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

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About each fund

GLDM

Its expense ratio is 0.10% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLDM holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.5% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLDM or VDC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLDM returned +2.8% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, GLDM or VDC?: VDC is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 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 ↗

VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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