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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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USO vs XOVR: how they differ

USO is a commodity fund and XOVR an equity index fund, and over the year USO returned more, +112.2% against 0.0%.

United States Oil Fund, LP and ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF.

USO and XOVR on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
USO
United States Oil Fund, LP
XOVR
ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerUnitedERShares
What it isOilPrivate-Public Crossover
Total return, 1 year+112.2%0.0%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+94.7 pts−17.5 pts
Expense rationot published0.75%
Holdingsnot filed32

USO in plain words

USO is a commodity fund tracking the Oil. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +112.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 57.1% below its high of Apr 8, 2011 on Sep 11, 2026.

XOVR in plain words

XOVR is an index equity fund tracking the Private-Public Crossover. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned 0.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% 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 4.2% below its high of Oct 27, 2025 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USO or XOVR?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USO returned +112.2% and XOVR returned 0.0%, so USO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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USO against XOVR, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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