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COMT vs FAAR: how they differ

COMT and FAAR hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and COMT returned +50.7% over the year. iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF and First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF.

COMT costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 31.0 points; COMT is 5.8 times larger.

COMTFAAR
Expense ratio0.48%0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.4bn$241m
Total return, 1 year+50.7%+19.7%
Holdings in common0%
Below its high3.9%, high on May 18, 2026

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

+50.7%
COMT total return, 1 year
+19.7%
FAAR total return, 1 year
0.48%
COMT expense ratio
0.98%
FAAR expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, COMT 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 COMT FAAR
Only in COMT
FIDELITY NATL INFO SERV 144A 1.74%
CRH AMERICA FINANCE INC 144A 1.53%
EATON CAPITAL UNLIMITED 144A 1.06%
NTT FINANCE AMERICAS INC 144A 1.05%
HELVETICA FUNDING CO LLC 144A 0.98%
GLENCOVE FUNDING LLC 144A 0.97%
NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL HOLDINGS IN 144A 0.97%
ENBRIDGE INC 144A 0.94%
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

COMT
iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll 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 +50.7% +19.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +33.5 pts +2.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.48% 0.98%
Holdings 176 4
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.4bn $241m

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

COMT in plain words

COMT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +50.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.48% a year.

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, COMT or FAAR?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COMT returned +50.7% and FAAR +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, COMT or FAAR?
COMT is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $50. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
COMT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗COMT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for COMT ↗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.

Cite this page

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

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