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BWET vs XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BWET is a commodity futures fund and XLV an equity index fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +25.6%.

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Net assets: $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, and $47.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF.

At a glance
+5,121.7%
BWET total return, 1 year
+25.6%
XLV total return, 1 year
4.68%
BWET expense ratio
0.08%
XLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLV costs 4.60 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5096.1 points; XLV is far larger, $46.7bn against $186m.

BWET vs XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETXLV
Return
Total return, 1 year+5,121.7%+25.6%
Drawdown
Below its high11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksTanker freight futuresHealth Care Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio4.68%0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026$186m$46.7bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund60.6%

Method

Risk and return

May 12, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 180 weekly returns
BWET XLV
Return
Total return edge BWET +5,753.7% +43.7%
Annualized edge BWET +224.0% +11.0%
Price return edge BWET +5,753.7% +35.6%
Risk
Volatility edge XLV 87.4% 14.7%
Max drawdown edge XLV −55.9% −16.1%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge BWET 1.71 0.47
Sortino edge BWET 3.72 0.69
Calmar edge BWET 4.01 0.69
Reading

BWET returned more: +5,753.7% to +43.7%. XLV swung less: 14.7% to 87.4%. XLV fell less at its worst: −16.1% to −55.9%.

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Risk and return: BWET vs XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBWETXLVEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+5,753.7%+43.7%BWETPrice change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+224.0%+11.0%BWETTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+5,753.7%+35.6%BWETPrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility87.4%14.7%XLVSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation40.2%10.2%XLVLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−55.9%−16.1%XLVDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe1.710.47BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino3.720.69BWETReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar4.010.69BWETAnnualized 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 XLV State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF
What it is Holds tanker freight futures Tracks an index of Health care
Total return, 1 year +5,121.7% +25.6%
Expense ratio 4.68% 0.08%
Holdings not counted 62
Net assets, BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLV as of Oct 27, 2026 $178m $47.0bn

BWET and XLV 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.

XLV

XLV tracks an index of Health care. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 62 positions, with the top ten at 60.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BWET or XLV?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BWET returned +5,121.7% and XLV +25.6%.
Which is cheaper, BWET or XLV?
XLV is cheaper, by 4.60 percentage points a year. That is about $460 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.
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