Which returned more over the last year, CERY or DBC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CERY returned +45.4% and DBC +51.0%.

Which is cheaper, CERY or DBC?

CERY is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $57. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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CERY vs DBC: how they differ

CERY is a commodity fund and DBC a commodity futures fund, and over the year DBC returned +51.0% against +45.4%. State Street SPDR Bloomberg Enhanced Roll Yield Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF and Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund.

CERY costs 0.57 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; DBC is 1.7 times larger.

	CERY	DBC
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.85%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$1.1bn	$2.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+45.4%	+51.0%
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high		14.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008

+45.4%

CERY total return, 1 year

+51.0%

DBC total return, 1 year

0.28%

CERY expense ratio

0.85%

DBC expense ratio

On the same fields

CERY

State Street SPDR Bloomberg Enhanced Roll Yield Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF

DBC

Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer State Street Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Holds commodity futures

Total return, 1 year +45.4% +51.0%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +28.2 pts +33.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.85%

Holdings 1 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.1bn $2.0bn

CERY and DBC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CERY in plain words

CERY tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +45.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% a year.

DBC in plain words

DBC holds commodity futures. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +51.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.85% a year. It sat 14.8% below its high of Jul 2, 2008 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CERY or DBC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CERY returned +45.4% and DBC +51.0%.
Which is cheaper, CERY or DBC?: CERY is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $57. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

CERY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CERY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗DBC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗Invesco page for DBC ↗

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