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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and XLG +6.4%.

Which is cheaper, BWET or XLG?

XLG is cheaper, by 4.48 percentage points a year. That is about $448 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 XLG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and XLG an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +6.4%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $11.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF.

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At a glance

+5,121.7%

BWET total return, 1 year

+6.4%

XLG total return, 1 year

4.68%

BWET expense ratio

0.20%

XLG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLG costs 4.48 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5115.3 points; XLG is far larger, $11.7bn against $186m.

BWET vs XLG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BWET	XLG
Return
Measure	BWET	XLG
Total return, 1 year	+5,121.7%	+6.4%
Drawdown
Measure	BWET	XLG
Below its high	11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BWET	XLG
What it tracks	Tanker freight futures	S&P 500 Top 50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	BWET	XLG
Expense ratio	4.68%	0.20%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$186m	$11.7bn
Holdings
Measure	BWET	XLG
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		60.3%

Method

Side by side

BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Breakwave Invesco

What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks the S&P 500 top 50

Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +6.4%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −7.3 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 4.68% 0.20%

Holdings not counted 53

Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLG as of Oct 27, 2026 $178m $11.9bn

BWET and XLG 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.

XLG

XLG tracks the S&P 500 top 50. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +6.4% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 53 positions, with the top ten at 60.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or XLG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and XLG +6.4%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or XLG?: XLG is cheaper, by 4.48 percentage points a year. That is about $448 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 ↗

XLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for XLG ↗

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