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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and VLUE +54.7%.

Which is cheaper, BWET or VLUE?

VLUE is cheaper, by 4.53 percentage points a year. That is about $453 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 VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and VLUE an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +54.7%.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $178m for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF and $9.4bn for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+5,121.7%

BWET total return, 1 year

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

4.68%

BWET expense ratio

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VLUE costs 4.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5067.0 points; VLUE is far larger, $9.4bn against $178m.

BWET vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BWET	VLUE
Return
Measure	BWET	VLUE
Total return, 1 year	+5,121.7%	+54.7%
Drawdown
Measure	BWET	VLUE
Below its high	11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BWET	VLUE
What it tracks	Tanker freight futures	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	BWET	VLUE
Expense ratio	4.68%	0.15%
Net assets	$178m	$9.4bn
Holdings
Measure	BWET	VLUE
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		97%
Holdings dated		Oct 27, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		42.8%

Method

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Breakwave iShares

What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor

Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +54.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +41.1 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 4.68% 0.15%

Holdings not counted 148

Net assets $178m $9.4bn

BWET and VLUE 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.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or VLUE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or VLUE?: VLUE is cheaper, by 4.53 percentage points a year. That is about $453 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 ↗

VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

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