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BWET vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and VOX an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against −5.7%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $6.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Communication Services ETF.

At a glance
+5,121.7%
BWET total return, 1 year
−5.7%
VOX total return, 1 year
4.68%
BWET expense ratio
0.09%
VOX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOX costs 4.59 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5127.4 points.

BWET vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETVOX
Return
Total return, 1 year+5,121.7%−5.7%
Drawdown
Below its high11.2%, high on Oct 8, 202610.8%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksTanker freight futuresMSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50
Cost and size
Expense ratio4.68%0.09%
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and VOX as of Sep 30, 2026$178m$6.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund71.1%

Method

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF VOX Vanguard Communication Services ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF
What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks an index of Communication Services
Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% −5.7%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured −5.9% (FCOM)
Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.2 pts vs FCOM
Expense ratio 4.68% 0.09%
Holdings not counted 113
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and VOX as of Sep 30, 2026 $178m $6.0bn

BWET and VOX 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.

VOX

VOX tracks an index of Communication Services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.7% with distributions reinvested, against −5.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 71.1%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or VOX?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and VOX −5.7%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or VOX?
VOX 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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