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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CMDY returned +36.5% and DBC +51.0%.

Which is cheaper, CMDY or DBC?

CMDY 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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CMDY vs DBC: how they differ

CMDY is a commodity fund and DBC a commodity futures fund, and over the year DBC returned +51.0% against +36.5%. iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF and Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund.

CMDY costs 0.57 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.5 points; DBC is 2.6 times larger.

	CMDY	DBC
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.85%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$738m	$2.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+36.5%	+51.0%
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high	3.0%, high on Sep 10, 2026	14.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008

+36.5%

CMDY total return, 1 year

+51.0%

DBC total return, 1 year

0.28%

CMDY expense ratio

0.85%

DBC expense ratio

On the same fields

CMDY

iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF

DBC

Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Holds commodity futures

Total return, 1 year +36.5% +51.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +19.2 pts +33.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.85%

Holdings 86 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $738m $2.0bn

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

CMDY in plain words

CMDY tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +36.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% a year. It sat 3.0% below its high of Sep 10, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

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, CMDY or DBC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CMDY returned +36.5% and DBC +51.0%.
Which is cheaper, CMDY or DBC?: CMDY 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

CMDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CMDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for CMDY ↗DBC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗Invesco page for DBC ↗

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ETFIQ, CMDY against DBC, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/cmdy-vs-dbc

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