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BWET vs PVAL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and PVAL an actively managed equity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +26.6%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $14.1bn on Aug 31, 2026 for Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF.

At a glance
+5,121.7%
BWET total return, 1 year
+26.6%
PVAL total return, 1 year
4.68%
BWET expense ratio
0.55%
PVAL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

PVAL costs 4.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5095.1 points.

BWET vs PVAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETPVAL
Return
Total return, 1 year+5,121.7%+26.6%
Drawdown
Below its high11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksTanker freight futuresNo index, actively managed
Cost and size
Expense ratio4.68%0.55%
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and PVAL as of Aug 31, 2026$178m$14.1bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight91%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.8%

Method

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF PVAL Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF
What it is Holds tanker freight futures Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +26.6%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +27.5% (IWD)
Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.9 pts vs IWD
Expense ratio 4.68% 0.55%
Holdings not counted 44
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and PVAL as of Aug 31, 2026 $178m $14.1bn

BWET and PVAL 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.

PVAL

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +26.6% with distributions reinvested, against +27.5% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index.

PVAL is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year. By its holdings filed for Aug 31, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 44 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or PVAL?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and PVAL +26.6%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or PVAL?
PVAL is cheaper, by 4.13 percentage points a year. That is about $413 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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