Which returned more over the last year, DBC or FAAR?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DBC returned +51.0% and FAAR +19.7%.

Which is cheaper, DBC or FAAR?

DBC is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $13. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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DBC vs FAAR: how they differ

DBC is a commodity futures fund and FAAR an actively managed commodity fund, and over the year DBC returned +51.0% against +19.7%. Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF.

DBC costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 31.3 points; DBC is 8.1 times larger.

	DBC	FAAR
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.0bn	$241m
Total return, 1 year	+51.0%	+19.7%
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high	14.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008	3.9%, high on May 18, 2026

+51.0%

DBC total return, 1 year

+19.7%

FAAR total return, 1 year

0.85%

DBC expense ratio

0.98%

FAAR expense ratio

On the same fields

DBC

Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

FAAR

First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Invesco First Trust

What it is Holds commodity futures Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +51.0% +19.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +33.8 pts +2.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.98%

Holdings not read by ETFIQ 4

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $2.0bn $241m

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

DBC in plain words

DBC holds commodity futures. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +51.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.85% a year. It sat 14.8% below its high of Jul 2, 2008 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, DBC or FAAR?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DBC returned +51.0% and FAAR +19.7%.
Which is cheaper, DBC or FAAR?: DBC is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $13. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

DBC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗Invesco page for DBC ↗FAAR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FAAR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FAAR ↗

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