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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAU returned +2.7% and KRE +21.2%.

Which is cheaper, IAU or KRE?

IAU is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 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 KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IAU is a commodity fund and KRE an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, KRE returned +21.2% against +2.7%.

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Net assets: $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust, and $4.2bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF.

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At a glance

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

+21.2%

KRE total return, 1 year

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

0.35%

KRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IAU costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.5 points; IAU is 14.4 times larger.

IAU vs KRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IAU	KRE
Return
Measure	IAU	KRE
Total return, 1 year	+2.7%	+21.2%
Drawdown
Measure	IAU	KRE
Below its high	24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026	6.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IAU	KRE
What it tracks	Gold	S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	IAU	KRE
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$60.3bn	$4.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IAU	KRE
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		11.6%

Method

Side by side

IAU iShares Gold Trust KRE State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Holds gold Tracks the S&P Regional Banking

Total return, 1 year +2.7% +21.2%

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% 0.35%

Holdings not counted 167

Net assets, IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 and KRE as of Oct 27, 2026 $60.1bn $4.2bn

IAU and KRE 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.

KRE

KRE tracks the S&P Regional Banking. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 7% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 167 positions, with the top ten at 11.6%. It sat 6.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IAU or KRE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAU returned +2.7% and KRE +21.2%.
Which is cheaper, IAU or KRE?: IAU is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

iShares page for IAU ↗

KRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

KRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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