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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DBC returned +51.0% and HGER +48.4%.

Which is cheaper, DBC or HGER?

HGER is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $17. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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DBC vs HGER: how they differ

DBC is a commodity futures fund and HGER an equity index fund, and over the year DBC returned +51.0% against +48.4%. Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund and Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF.

HGER costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; HGER is 2.5 times larger.

	DBC	HGER
Expense ratio	0.85%	0.68%
Net assets, DBC as of Oct 8, 2026 and HGER as of Oct 9, 2026	$2.0bn	$4.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+51.0%	+48.4%
Holdings in common	not published
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year		+23.6%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Holdings dated		Jul 31, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		87.5%
Below its high	14.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008

+51.0%

DBC total return, 1 year

+48.4%

HGER total return, 1 year

0.85%

DBC expense ratio

0.68%

HGER expense ratio

On the same fields

DBC

Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

HGER

Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Invesco Harbor

What it is Holds commodity futures Tracks an index of Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy

Total return, 1 year +51.0% +48.4%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +33.8 pts +31.2 pts

Expense ratio 0.85% 0.68%

Holdings not read by ETFIQ 7

Net assets, DBC as of Oct 8, 2026 and HGER as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.0bn $4.8bn

DBC and HGER 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.

HGER in plain words

HGER tracks an index of Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +48.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 87.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DBC or HGER?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DBC returned +51.0% and HGER +48.4%.
Which is cheaper, DBC or HGER?: HGER is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $17. 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 ↗HGER filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HGER prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Harbor page for HGER ↗

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