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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and VDE +58.8%.

Which is cheaper, BWET or VDE?

VDE is cheaper, by 4.59 percentage points a year. That is about $459 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 VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and VDE an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +58.8%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

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At a glance

+5,121.7%

BWET total return, 1 year

+58.8%

VDE total return, 1 year

4.68%

BWET expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDE costs 4.59 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5062.9 points.

BWET vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BWET	VDE
Return
Measure	BWET	VDE
Total return, 1 year	+5,121.7%	+58.8%
Drawdown
Measure	BWET	VDE
Below its high	11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BWET	VDE
What it tracks	Tanker freight futures	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	BWET	VDE
Expense ratio	4.68%	0.09%
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026	$178m	$10.4bn
Holdings
Measure	BWET	VDE
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		81%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		67.1%

Method

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF VDE Vanguard Energy ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Breakwave Vanguard

What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +58.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +59.0% (FENY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs FENY

Expense ratio 4.68% 0.09%

Holdings not counted 113

Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $178m $10.4bn

BWET and VDE 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.

VDE

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested, against +59.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 67.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or VDE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and VDE +58.8%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or VDE?: VDE is cheaper, by 4.59 percentage points a year. That is about $459 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 ↗

VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDE ↗

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