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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and IJR +17.5%.

Which is cheaper, BWET or IJR?

IJR is cheaper, by 4.62 percentage points a year. That is about $462 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BWET vs IJR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and IJR an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +17.5%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $104.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+5,121.7%

BWET total return, 1 year

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

4.68%

BWET expense ratio

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 4.62 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5104.2 points; IJR is far larger, $104.0bn against $186m.

BWET vs IJR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BWET	IJR
Return
Measure	BWET	IJR
Total return, 1 year	+5,121.7%	+17.5%
Drawdown
Measure	BWET	IJR
Below its high	11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BWET	IJR
What it tracks	Tanker freight futures	S&P SmallCap 600
Cost and size
Measure	BWET	IJR
Expense ratio	4.68%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$186m	$104.0bn
Holdings
Measure	BWET	IJR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		5.3%

Method

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Breakwave iShares

What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600

Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +17.5%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +17.6% (SPSM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs SPSM

Expense ratio 4.68% 0.06%

Holdings not counted 642

Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 $178m $104.6bn

BWET and IJR 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.

IJR

IJR tracks the S&P SmallCap 600. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 642 positions, with the top ten at 5.3%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or IJR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and IJR +17.5%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or IJR?: IJR is cheaper, by 4.62 percentage points a year. That is about $462 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 ↗

IJR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJR ↗

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