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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DBC returned +51.0% and FTGC +42.1%.

Which is cheaper, DBC or FTGC?

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 FTGC: how they differ

DBC is a commodity futures fund and FTGC an actively managed commodity fund, and over the year DBC returned +51.0% against +42.1%. Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund.

DBC costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.9 points; FTGC is 1.7 times larger.

	DBC	FTGC
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.98%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.0bn	$3.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+51.0%	+42.1%
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high	14.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008

+51.0%

DBC total return, 1 year

+42.1%

FTGC total return, 1 year

0.85%

DBC expense ratio

0.98%

FTGC expense ratio

On the same fields

DBC

Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

FTGC

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund

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% +42.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +33.8 pts +24.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.98%

Holdings not read by ETFIQ 30

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $2.0bn $3.4bn

DBC and FTGC 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.

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, DBC or FTGC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DBC returned +51.0% and FTGC +42.1%.
Which is cheaper, DBC or FTGC?: 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 ↗FTGC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTGC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTGC ↗

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