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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAU returned +2.7% and ILF +17.2%.

Which is cheaper, IAU or ILF?

IAU is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 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 ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IAU is a commodity fund and ILF an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ILF returned +17.2% against +2.7%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $60.1bn for iShares Gold Trust and $3.5bn for iShares Latin America 40 ETF.

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At a glance

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

+17.2%

ILF total return, 1 year

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

0.47%

ILF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IAU costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.5 points; IAU is 17.2 times larger.

IAU vs ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IAU	ILF
Return
Measure	IAU	ILF
Total return, 1 year	+2.7%	+17.2%
Drawdown
Measure	IAU	ILF
Below its high	24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026	13.7%, high on Oct 12, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IAU	ILF
What it tracks	Gold	S&P Latin America 40
Cost and size
Measure	IAU	ILF
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.47%
Net assets	$60.1bn	$3.5bn
Holdings
Measure	IAU	ILF
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Holdings dated		Oct 27, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		55.6%

Method

Side by side

IAU iShares Gold Trust ILF iShares Latin America 40 ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of Latin America 40

Total return, 1 year +2.7% +17.2%

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% 0.47%

Holdings not counted 46

Net assets $60.1bn $3.5bn

IAU and ILF 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.

ILF

ILF tracks an index of Latin America 40. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 46 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%. It sat 13.7% below its high of Oct 12, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IAU or ILF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAU returned +2.7% and ILF +17.2%.
Which is cheaper, IAU or ILF?: IAU is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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IAU on its own →ILF on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →ILF dividend history →ILF holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

iShares page for IAU ↗

ILF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ILF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ILF ↗

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