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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CMDY returned +36.5% and GSG +57.4%.

Which is cheaper, CMDY or GSG?

CMDY 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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CMDY vs GSG: how they differ

CMDY is a commodity fund and GSG a commodity futures fund, and over the year GSG returned +57.4% against +36.5%. iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF and iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund.

CMDY costs 0.53 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.9 points; GSG is 1.4 times larger.

	CMDY	GSG
Expense ratio	0.28%	0.81%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$738m	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+36.5%	+57.4%
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high	3.0%, high on Sep 10, 2026	52.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008

+36.5%

CMDY total return, 1 year

+57.4%

GSG total return, 1 year

0.28%

CMDY expense ratio

0.81%

GSG expense ratio

On the same fields

CMDY

iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF

GSG

iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Holds commodity futures

Total return, 1 year +36.5% +57.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +19.2 pts +40.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.28% 0.81%

Holdings 86 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $738m $1.0bn

CMDY and GSG 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.

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, CMDY or GSG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CMDY returned +36.5% and GSG +57.4%.
Which is cheaper, CMDY or GSG?: CMDY 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

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

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