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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAU returned +2.7% and XOVR −3.0%.

Which is cheaper, IAU or XOVR?

IAU is cheaper, by 1.56 percentage points a year. That is about $156 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 XOVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IAU is a commodity fund and XOVR an actively managed equity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IAU returned +2.7% against −3.0%.

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Net assets: $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust, and $2.2bn on Jun 30, 2026 for ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF.

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At a glance

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

−3.0%

XOVR total return, 1 year

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

1.81%

XOVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IAU costs 1.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.7 points.

IAU vs XOVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IAU	XOVR
Return
Measure	IAU	XOVR
Total return, 1 year	+2.7%	−3.0%
Drawdown
Measure	IAU	XOVR
Below its high	24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026	6.5%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IAU	XOVR
What it tracks	Gold	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	IAU	XOVR
Expense ratio	0.25%	1.81%
Net assets, IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 and XOVR as of Jun 30, 2026	$60.1bn	$2.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IAU	XOVR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		43%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		63.1%

Method

Side by side

IAU iShares Gold Trust XOVR ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares ERShares

What it is Holds gold Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +2.7% −3.0%

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% 1.81%

Holdings not counted 32

Net assets, IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 and XOVR as of Jun 30, 2026 $60.1bn $2.2bn

IAU and XOVR 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.

XOVR

XOVR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 1.81% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 43% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 32 positions, with the top ten at 63.1%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Oct 5, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IAU or XOVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAU returned +2.7% and XOVR −3.0%.
Which is cheaper, IAU or XOVR?: IAU is cheaper, by 1.56 percentage points a year. That is about $156 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 ↗

XOVR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XOVR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ERShares website ↗

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