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CMDY vs FAAR: how they differ

CMDY and FAAR hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and CMDY returned +36.5% over the year. iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF and First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF.

CMDY costs 0.70 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.8 points; CMDY is 3.1 times larger.

CMDYFAAR
Expense ratio0.28%0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$738m$241m
Total return, 1 year+36.5%+19.7%
Holdings in common0%
Below its high3.0%, high on Sep 10, 20263.9%, high on May 18, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+36.5%
CMDY total return, 1 year
+19.7%
FAAR total return, 1 year
0.28%
CMDY expense ratio
0.98%
FAAR expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CMDY and FAAR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CMDY FAAR
Only in CMDY
FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT CO 2.02%
CRH AMERICA FINANCE INC 144A 1.62%
SHEFFIELD RECEIVABLES CORP 144A 1.36%
DTE ELECTRIC CO 1.35%
SUMITOMO CORP OF AMERICA 1.35%
CONCORD MINUTEMEN CAPITAL CO 144A 1.34%
DUKE ENERGY CORP 144A 1.22%
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 144A 1.19%
Only in FAAR
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 11.19%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.40%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.38%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.36%

On the same fields

CMDY
iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF
FAAR
First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer iShares First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +36.5% +19.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +19.2 pts +2.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.28% 0.98%
Holdings 86 4
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $738m $241m

CMDY and FAAR 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.

FAAR in plain words

FAAR is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year. It sat 3.9% below its high of May 18, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.7% with distributions reinvested, against +40.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg Commodity Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CMDY or FAAR?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CMDY returned +36.5% and FAAR +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, CMDY or FAAR?
CMDY is cheaper, by 0.70 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $70. 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 ↗FAAR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FAAR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FAAR ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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

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