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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLDM returned +2.8% and XLV +25.6%.

Which is cheaper, GLDM or XLV?

XLV is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 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 XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GLDM is a commodity fund and XLV an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, XLV returned +25.6% against +2.8%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $30.6bn for SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust and $47.0bn for State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+2.8%

GLDM total return, 1 year

+25.6%

XLV total return, 1 year

0.10%

GLDM expense ratio

0.08%

XLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLV costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.8 points; XLV is 1.5 times larger.

GLDM vs XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLDM	XLV
Return
Measure	GLDM	XLV
Total return, 1 year	+2.8%	+25.6%
Drawdown
Measure	GLDM	XLV
Below its high	24.5%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GLDM	XLV
What it tracks	Gold	Health Care Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	GLDM	XLV
Expense ratio	0.10%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$30.6bn	$47.0bn
Holdings
Measure	GLDM	XLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		60.6%

Method

Risk and return

Jul 6, 2018 to Oct 23, 2026 · 433 weekly returns

GLDM XLV

Return

Total return edge GLDM +215.1% +139.9%

Annualized edge GLDM +14.8% +11.1%

Price return edge GLDM +215.1% +108.4%

Risk

Volatility edge GLDM (slight) 16.0% 17.5%

Max drawdown edge Tie −24.0% −24.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge GLDM 0.77 0.53

Sortino edge GLDM 1.17 0.76

Calmar edge GLDM 0.62 0.46

Reading

GLDM returned more: +215.1% to +139.9%. GLDM swung slightly less: 16.0% to 17.5%. GLDM and XLV fell about the same at their worst: −24.0% and −24.3%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: GLDM vs XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GLDM	XLV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+215.1%	+139.9%	GLDM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.8%	+11.1%	GLDM	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+215.1%	+108.4%	GLDM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.0%	17.5%	GLDM (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.5%	12.1%	GLDM	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−24.0%	−24.3%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.77	0.53	GLDM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.17	0.76	GLDM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.62	0.46	GLDM	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 433 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

GLDM SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust XLV State Street Health Care 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 Health care

Total return, 1 year +2.8% +25.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +2.5% (GLD) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.3 pts vs GLD not measured

Expense ratio 0.10% 0.08%

Holdings not counted 62

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $30.6bn $47.0bn

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

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GLDM and XLV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. GLDM follows Gold and XLV follows Health Care Select Sector Index.
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 GLDM returned +2.8% and XLV +25.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 22.8 points.
Cost (similar). GLDM charges 0.10% of assets a year and XLV 0.08%, a gap of 0.02 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

XLV

XLV tracks an index of Health care. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.6% 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 62 positions, with the top ten at 60.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GLDM or XLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GLDM returned +2.8% and XLV +25.6%.
Which is cheaper, GLDM or XLV?: XLV is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 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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XLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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