Which returned more over the last year, BWET or HDV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and HDV +29.4%.

Which is cheaper, BWET or HDV?

HDV is cheaper, by 4.60 percentage points a year. That is about $460 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BWET vs HDV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and HDV an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +29.4%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $15.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core High Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+5,121.7%

BWET total return, 1 year

+29.4%

HDV total return, 1 year

4.68%

BWET expense ratio

0.08%

HDV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HDV costs 4.60 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5092.3 points; HDV is far larger, $16.0bn against $186m.

BWET vs HDV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BWET	HDV
Return
Measure	BWET	HDV
Total return, 1 year	+5,121.7%	+29.4%
Drawdown
Measure	BWET	HDV
Below its high	11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BWET	HDV
What it tracks	Tanker freight futures	Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus Index
Cost and size
Measure	BWET	HDV
Expense ratio	4.68%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$186m	$16.0bn
Holdings
Measure	BWET	HDV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		90%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		55.6%

Method

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Breakwave iShares

What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks an index of High Dividend

Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +29.4%

Expense ratio 4.68% 0.08%

Holdings not counted 77

Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and HDV as of Oct 27, 2026 $178m $15.9bn

BWET and HDV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

BWET

Its expense ratio is 4.68%, for the year to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-K states.

BWET holds tanker freight futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +5,121.7% with distributions reinvested. It sat 11.2% below its high of Oct 8, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

HDV

HDV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 77 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or HDV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and HDV +29.4%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or HDV?: HDV is cheaper, by 4.60 percentage points a year. That is about $460 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

Breakwave page for BWET ↗

HDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HDV ↗

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