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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CERY returned +45.4% and GSG +57.4%.

Which is cheaper, CERY or GSG?

CERY is cheaper, by 0.53 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $53. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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CERY vs GSG: how they differ

CERY is a commodity fund and GSG a commodity futures fund, and over the year GSG returned +57.4% against +45.4%. State Street SPDR Bloomberg Enhanced Roll Yield Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF and iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund.

CERY costs 0.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.0 points.

	CERY	GSG
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.81%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$1.1bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+45.4%	+57.4%
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high		52.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008

+45.4%

CERY total return, 1 year

+57.4%

GSG total return, 1 year

0.28%

CERY expense ratio

0.81%

GSG expense ratio

On the same fields

CERY

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

GSG

iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks an index Holds commodity futures

Total return, 1 year +45.4% +57.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +28.2 pts +40.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.81%

Holdings 1 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.1bn $1.0bn

CERY and GSG 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.

GSG in plain words

GSG holds commodity futures. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +57.4% with distributions reinvested. It sat 52.8% below its high of Jul 2, 2008 on Oct 9, 2026.

Its expense ratio is 0.81% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CERY or GSG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CERY returned +45.4% and GSG +57.4%.
Which is cheaper, CERY or GSG?: CERY is cheaper, by 0.53 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $53. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Where these figures came from

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

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ETFIQ, CERY against GSG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/cery-vs-gsg

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