Which returned more over the last year, GRNY or IAU?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GRNY returned +6.5% and IAU +2.7%.

Which is cheaper, GRNY or IAU?

IAU is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

GRNY vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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GRNY is an actively managed equity fund and IAU a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GRNY returned +6.5% against +2.7%.

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Net assets: $4.3bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap ETF, and $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust.

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At a glance

+6.5%

GRNY total return, 1 year

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

0.75%

GRNY expense ratio

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IAU costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.8 points.

GRNY vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GRNY	IAU
Return
Measure	GRNY	IAU
Total return, 1 year	+6.5%	+2.7%
Drawdown
Measure	GRNY	IAU
Below its high	3.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026	24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GRNY	IAU
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	GRNY	IAU
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.25%
Net assets, GRNY as of Jul 31, 2026 and IAU as of Oct 28, 2026	$4.3bn	$60.1bn
Holdings
Measure	GRNY	IAU
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.5%

Method

Side by side

GRNY Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap ETF IAU iShares Gold Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Fundstrat iShares

What it is Actively managed Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +6.5% +2.7%

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

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.2 pts vs GLD

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.25%

Holdings 43 not counted

Net assets, GRNY as of Jul 31, 2026 and IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 $4.3bn $60.1bn

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

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About each fund

GRNY

GRNY is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +6.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 43 positions, with the top ten at 26.5%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IAU

Its expense ratio is 0.25% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

IAU holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.6% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GRNY or IAU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GRNY returned +6.5% and IAU +2.7%.
Which is cheaper, GRNY or IAU?: IAU is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

GRNY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GRNY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fundstrat website ↗

iShares page for IAU ↗

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