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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAU returned +2.7% and SCHX +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, IAU or SCHX?

SCHX 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 SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IAU is a commodity fund and SCHX an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SCHX returned +13.1% against +2.7%.

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Net assets: $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust, and $74.2bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

+13.1%

SCHX total return, 1 year

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

0.03%

SCHX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SCHX costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.4 points.

IAU vs SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IAU	SCHX
Return
Measure	IAU	SCHX
Total return, 1 year	+2.7%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	IAU	SCHX
Below its high	24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IAU	SCHX
What it tracks	Gold	Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	IAU	SCHX
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.03%
Net assets, IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 and SCHX as of Aug 31, 2026	$60.1bn	$74.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IAU	SCHX
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		36.0%

Method

Side by side

IAU iShares Gold Trust SCHX Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

What it is Holds gold Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap

Total return, 1 year +2.7% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +2.5% (GLD) +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark +0.2 pts vs GLD −0.6 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.03%

Holdings not counted 747

Net assets, IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 and SCHX as of Aug 31, 2026 $60.1bn $74.2bn

IAU and SCHX 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.

SCHX

SCHX tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 747 positions, with the top ten at 36.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IAU or SCHX?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAU returned +2.7% and SCHX +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, IAU or SCHX?: SCHX 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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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

iShares page for IAU ↗

SCHX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SCHX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Schwab website ↗

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