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As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. CMDT DBC \n Expense ratio 0.65% 0.85% \n Net assets, CMDT as of Jun 30, 2026 and DBC as of Oct 8, 2026 $751m $2.0bn \n Total return, 1 year +31.","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, CMDT against DBC, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/cmdt-vs-dbc","a":{"ticker":"CMDT","name":"PIMCO Commodity Strategy Active Exchange-Traded Fund","issuer":"PIMCO","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"CMDT is actively managed and returned +31.6% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/cmdt","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+31.6%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.65%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Holdings","value":"259","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22120.7%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$751m","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return, measured by BCI, which tracks the same index","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"b":{"ticker":"DBC","name":"Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund","issuer":"Invesco","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"DBC holds commodity futures and returned +51.0% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/dbc","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+51.0%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.85%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Contracts (Invesco daily holdings, Oct 8, 2026)","value":"32","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"Invesco daily holdings, Oct 8, 2026"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u221214.8%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$2.0bn","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 8, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/cmdt-vs-dbc"}