{"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/gldn-vs-igld","section":"compare","title":"GLDN vs IGLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return | ETFIQ","description":"GLDN paid 8.2% in cash each over its own window and IGLD 20.6%. Total return with distributions reinvested was \u221220.4% against \u22120.1%, to Nov 4, 2026.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Which is cheaper, GLDN or IGLD?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"GLDN charges 1.07% a year and IGLD charges 0.85%, so IGLD is cheaper. 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Total return with distributions reinvested was \u221220.4% against \u22120.1%, to Nov 4, 2026.","dateModified":"2026-11-04","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"isAccessibleForFree":true,"url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/gldn-vs-igld","license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/income.json"}],"variableMeasured":["Cash paid","Price change","Total return with distributions reinvested","Benchmark total return","Ahead or behind in percentage points","Distribution rate","Return of capital estimate","Expense ratio"],"keywords":["exchange-traded funds","ETF","Income ETFs","fund data","SEC filings"]}],"characters":6839,"truncated":true,"content":"ETFIQ / Income ETFs / Compare ETFs / GLDN vs IGLD \n ETFIQ etfiq.com \u00b7 independent ETF data \n\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026 .\n\n GLDN vs IGLD: Dividend Yield & Total Return\n\n GLDN and IGLD both write options for income.\n Copy this for sharing \n \n IGLD costs 0.22 points a year less.\n GLDN and IGLD at a glance. As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. GLDN IGLD \n Expense ratio 1.07% 0.85% \n Net assets, GLDN as of Jul 31, 2026 and IGLD as of Nov 3, 2026 $2.8m $555m \n Total return, 1 year not published \u22120.1% \n Benchmark its own holdings Gold, measured through GLD \n Holdings in common 0% \n Holdings in common uses","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, GLDN against IGLD, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/gldn-vs-igld","a":{"ticker":"GLDN","name":"Nicholas Gold Income ETF","issuer":"Nicholas","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-11-04","verdict":"Over the 6 months to Nov 4, 2026, GLDN paid 6.6% in cash and lost 11.4%, against \u22127.7% for its own holdings.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/gldn","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, 6 months, on its starting price","value":"6.6%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, 6 months","value":"\u221211.4%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against its own holdings","value":"\u22123.7 pts","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Return of capital, latest payout (Nicholas estimate)","value":"100.0%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"Nicholas estimate"},{"label":"Last payment (paid weekly), ex-date Nov 2, 2026","value":"$0.0423","as_of":"2026-11-02","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$2.8m","as_of":"2026-07-31","source":"SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Jul 31, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"1.07%","as_of":"2026-02-04","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Feb 4, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"IGLD","name":"FT Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF","issuer":"First Trust","desk":"income","as_of":"2026-11-04","verdict":"Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IGLD paid 20.6% in cash and lost 0.1% in total, against 2.8% for GLD.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/igld","key_facts":[{"label":"Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price","value":"20.6%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"\u22120.1%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against GLD","value":"\u22122.9 pts","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Return of capital, latest payout (First Trust estimate)","value":"68.1%","as_of":"2026-11-04","source":"First Trust estimate"},{"label":"Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Nov 2, 2026","value":"$0.1136","as_of":"2026-11-02","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$555m","as_of":"2026-11-03","source":"issuer page, as of Nov 3, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.85%","as_of":"2026-10-01","source":"497 XBRL, Oct 1, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":0,"full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/income/gldn-vs-igld"}