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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and SDY +16.5%.

Which is cheaper, BWET or SDY?

SDY is cheaper, by 4.33 percentage points a year. That is about $433 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 SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and SDY an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +16.5%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $21.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+5,121.7%

BWET total return, 1 year

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

4.68%

BWET expense ratio

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SDY costs 4.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5105.2 points; SDY is far larger, $22.0bn against $186m.

BWET vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BWET	SDY
Return
Measure	BWET	SDY
Total return, 1 year	+5,121.7%	+16.5%
Drawdown
Measure	BWET	SDY
Below its high	11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BWET	SDY
What it tracks	Tanker freight futures	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index
Cost and size
Measure	BWET	SDY
Expense ratio	4.68%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$186m	$22.0bn
Holdings
Measure	BWET	SDY
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		20.4%

Method

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Breakwave State Street

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

Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +16.5%

Expense ratio 4.68% 0.35%

Holdings not counted 156

Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and SDY as of Oct 27, 2026 $178m $21.9bn

BWET and SDY 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.

SDY

SDY tracks the S&P Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 156 positions, with the top ten at 20.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or SDY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and SDY +16.5%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or SDY?: SDY is cheaper, by 4.33 percentage points a year. That is about $433 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 ↗

SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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