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COMT vs FTGC: how they differ

COMT and FTGC 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 Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund.

COMT costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.6 points; FTGC is 2.4 times larger.

COMTFTGC
Expense ratio0.48%0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$1.4bn$3.4bn
Total return, 1 year+50.7%+42.1%
Holdings in common0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+50.7%
COMT total return, 1 year
+42.1%
FTGC total return, 1 year
0.48%
COMT expense ratio
0.98%
FTGC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, COMT and FTGC 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding COMT FTGC
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 FTGC
GASOLINE RBOB FUT Dec26 7.38%
BRENT CRUDE FUTR Jan27 6.53%
GOLD 100 OZ FUTR Dec26 6.28%
WTI CRUDE FUTURE Dec26 5.63%
LME ZINC FUTURE Dec26 5.47%
NATURAL GAS FUTR Dec26 5.13%
Low Su Gasoil G Nov26 5.10%
COPPER FUTURE Dec26 5.05%

On the same fields

COMT
iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF
FTGC
First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund
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% +42.1%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +33.5 pts +24.9 pts
Expense ratio 0.48% 0.98%
Holdings 176 30
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.4bn $3.4bn

COMT and FTGC 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.

FTGC in plain words

FTGC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.98% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, COMT or FTGC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, COMT returned +50.7% and FTGC +42.1%.
Which is cheaper, COMT or FTGC?
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.
Other comparisons
COMT vs PDBCCOMT vs FAARBCI vs COMTCOMT vs HGERFTGC vs GSGFTGC vs SDCIBCI vs FTGCBCD vs FTGC
COMT on its own →FTGC on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →Standards and sources →
Where these figures came from
COMT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗COMT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for COMT ↗FTGC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTGC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTGC ↗

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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 FTGC, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/comt-vs-ftgc

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