Which returned more over the last year, IAUM or SGOL?

In the year to Oct 14, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAUM returned −1.1% and SGOL −1.1%.

Which is cheaper, IAUM or SGOL?

IAUM 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.

Share on X Download as PDF

Ask IQ about these two funds

IAUM vs SGOL: Differences, Returns & Fees

IAUM and SGOL are both commodity funds, and over the year they finished level, −1.1% against −1.1%. Net assets: $7.9bn on Oct 14, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust Micro Shares, and $7.2bn on Oct 13, 2026 for abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF.

IAUM costs 0.10 points a year less; both returned −1.1% over a year; IAUM is 1.1 times larger.

IAUM vs SGOL: Differences, Returns & Fees
	IAUM	SGOL
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.17%
Net assets, as of Oct 13, 2026	$8.0bn	$7.2bn
Total return, 1 year	−1.1%	−1.1%
What it tracks	Gold	Gold
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high	24.1%, high on Jan 29, 2026

−1.1%

IAUM total return, 1 year

−1.1%

SGOL total return, 1 year

0.07%

IAUM expense ratio

0.17%

SGOL expense ratio

Client brief · page 1 of 2Report BR-6935FE6E8E

IAUM and SGOL are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Cost. IAUM charges 0.07% of assets a year and SGOL 0.17%, a gap of 0.10 points.
What each follows (similar). Both follow Gold.
One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 14, 2026 IAUM returned −1.1% and SGOL −1.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.0 points.

Data as of Oct 14, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

Take this comparison to a client

The two-page PDF for this pair is coming. Save the comparison to follow its changes. Free. It needs an email sign-in, once.

Not advice. The brief uses the figures on this page, with the data date and a report id. Saved comparisons are listed on your saved page; privacy.

On the same fields

IAUM

iShares Gold Trust Micro Shares

SGOL

abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares abrdn

What it is Holds gold Holds gold

Total return, 1 year −1.1% −1.1%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (GLD) −1.3% (GLD)

Gap to its benchmark +0.2 pts vs GLD +0.1 pts vs GLD

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.17%

Net assets, IAUM as of Oct 14, 2026 and SGOL as of Oct 13, 2026 $7.9bn $7.2bn

IAUM and SGOL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 14, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About IAUM

IAUM holds gold. Over the year to Oct 14, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.1% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 14, 2026.

Its expense ratio is 0.07% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

About SGOL

SGOL holds gold.

Its expense ratio is 0.17% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IAUM or SGOL?: In the year to Oct 14, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IAUM returned −1.1% and SGOL −1.1%.
Which is cheaper, IAUM or SGOL?: IAUM 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.

Other comparisons

IAUM vs OUNZ AAAU vs IAUM FGDL vs IAUM GLD vs IAUM AAAU vs SGOL FGDL vs SGOL OUNZ vs SGOL GLDM vs SGOL

IAUM on its own →SGOL on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

IAUM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗iShares page for IAUM ↗SGOL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗abrdn website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, IAUM against SGOL, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/iaum-vs-sgol

Open data

Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.