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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and VYM +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, BWET or VYM?

VYM is cheaper, by 4.64 percentage points a year. That is about $464 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 VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and VYM an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +18.0%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $78.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

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At a glance

+5,121.7%

BWET total return, 1 year

+18.0%

VYM total return, 1 year

4.68%

BWET expense ratio

0.04%

VYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VYM costs 4.64 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5103.7 points.

BWET vs VYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BWET	VYM
Return
Measure	BWET	VYM
Total return, 1 year	+5,121.7%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	BWET	VYM
Below its high	11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BWET	VYM
What it tracks	Tanker freight futures	FTSE High Dividend Yield Index
Cost and size
Measure	BWET	VYM
Expense ratio	4.68%	0.04%
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026	$178m	$78.9bn
Holdings
Measure	BWET	VYM
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		90%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		26.2%

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Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Breakwave Vanguard

What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks an index of US high dividend

Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +18.0%

Expense ratio 4.68% 0.04%

Holdings not counted 595

Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and VYM as of Sep 30, 2026 $178m $78.9bn

BWET and VYM 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.

VYM

VYM tracks an index of US high dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 595 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or VYM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and VYM +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or VYM?: VYM is cheaper, by 4.64 percentage points a year. That is about $464 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 ↗

VYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VYM ↗

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