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As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. CMDY GSG \n Expense ratio 0.28% 0.81% \n Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $738m $1.0bn \n Total return, 1 year +36.5% +57.4% \n Holdings in common not published \n iSh","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, CMDY against GSG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/cmdy-vs-gsg","a":{"ticker":"CMDY","name":"iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF","issuer":"iShares","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"CMDY tracks an index and returned +36.5% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/cmdy","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+36.5%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.28%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Holdings","value":"86","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22123.0%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$738m","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 8, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"Its own holdings, as of Oct 8, 2026; no other fund tracks the Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Total Return Index, the index its prospectus names","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"b":{"ticker":"GSG","name":"iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund","issuer":"iShares","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-09","verdict":"GSG holds commodity futures and returned +57.4% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/gsg","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+57.4%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.81%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Contracts (iShares daily holdings, Oct 8, 2026)","value":"1","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"iShares daily holdings, Oct 8, 2026"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u221252.8%","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$1.0bn","as_of":"2026-10-09","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, 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/cmdy-vs-gsg"}