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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAU returned +2.7% and IGM +21.7%.

Which is cheaper, IAU or IGM?

IAU is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IAU vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IAU is a commodity fund and IGM an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IGM returned +21.7% against +2.7%.

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Net assets: $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust, and $11.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF.

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At a glance

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

+21.7%

IGM total return, 1 year

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

0.37%

IGM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IAU costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.0 points; IAU is 5.5 times larger.

IAU vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IAU	IGM
Return
Measure	IAU	IGM
Total return, 1 year	+2.7%	+21.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IAU	IGM
Below its high	24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026	6.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IAU	IGM
What it tracks	Gold	S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	IAU	IGM
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$60.3bn	$11.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IAU	IGM
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		56.8%

Method

Side by side

IAU iShares Gold Trust IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector

Total return, 1 year +2.7% +21.7%

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

Gap to its benchmark +0.2 pts vs GLD not measured

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.37%

Holdings not counted 295

Net assets, IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 and IGM as of Oct 27, 2026 $60.1bn $11.0bn

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

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About each fund

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.

IGM

IGM tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 295 positions, with the top ten at 56.8%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IAU or IGM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAU returned +2.7% and IGM +21.7%.
Which is cheaper, IAU or IGM?: IAU is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

iShares page for IAU ↗

IGM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGM ↗

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