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BWET vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and VOO an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +13.7%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

At a glance
+5,121.7%
BWET total return, 1 year
+13.7%
VOO total return, 1 year
4.68%
BWET expense ratio
0.03%
VOO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOO costs 4.65 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5108.0 points.

BWET vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETVOO
Return
Total return, 1 year+5,121.7%+13.7%
Drawdown
Below its high11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksTanker freight futuresS&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio4.68%0.03%
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026$178m$1.0tn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund39.1%

Method

Risk and return

May 12, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 180 weekly returns
BWET VOO
Return
Total return edge BWET +5,753.7% +93.4%
Annualized edge BWET +224.0% +21.0%
Price return edge BWET +5,753.7% +84.7%
Risk
Volatility edge VOO 87.4% 13.9%
Max drawdown edge VOO −55.9% −16.7%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BWET 1.71 1.11
Sortino edge BWET 3.72 1.74
Calmar edge BWET 4.01 1.26
Reading

BWET returned more: +5,753.7% to +93.4%. VOO swung less: 13.9% to 87.4%. VOO fell less at its worst: −16.7% to −55.9%.

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Risk and return: BWET vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETVOOEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+5,753.7%+93.4%BWETPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+224.0%+21.0%BWETTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+5,753.7%+84.7%BWETPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility87.4%13.9%VOOSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation40.2%8.9%VOOLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−55.9%−16.7%VOODeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.711.11BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino3.721.74BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar4.011.26BWETAnnualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 180 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF
What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +13.7%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 4.68% 0.03%
Holdings not counted 507
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $178m $1.0tn

BWET and VOO 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.

VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or VOO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and VOO +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or VOO?
VOO is cheaper, by 4.65 percentage points a year. That is about $465 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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