Which returned more over the last year, EDV or USO?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −13.3% and USO +133.3%.

Which is cheaper, EDV or USO?

EDV is cheaper, by 0.81 percentage points a year. That is about $81 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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EDV vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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EDV is a bond index fund and USO a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USO returned +133.3% against −13.3%.

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Net assets: $3.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for United States Oil Fund, LP.

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At a glance

−13.3%

EDV total return, 1 year

+133.3%

USO total return, 1 year

0.05%

EDV expense ratio

0.86%

USO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

EDV costs 0.81 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 146.6 points.

EDV vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EDV	USO
Return
Measure	EDV	USO
Total return, 1 year	−13.3%	+133.3%
Drawdown
Measure	EDV	USO
Below its high	57.0%, high on Mar 9, 2020	82.3%, high on Jul 14, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	EDV	USO
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury STRIPS 2030 Year Equal Par Bond Index	Oil futures
Cost and size
Measure	EDV	USO
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.86%
Net assets, EDV as of Sep 30, 2026 and USO as of Oct 28, 2026	$3.6bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	EDV	USO
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Risk and return

Dec 21, 2007 to Oct 23, 2026 · 983 weekly returns

EDV USO

Return

Total return edge EDV +55.0% −71.3%

Annualized edge EDV +2.3% −6.4%

Price return edge EDV −38.6% −71.3%

Risk

Volatility edge EDV 21.4% 38.0%

Max drawdown edge EDV −59.7% −98.0%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge EDV 0.15 −0.02

Sortino edge EDV 0.21 −0.02

Calmar edge EDV 0.04 −0.07

Reading

EDV returned more: +55.0% to −71.3%. EDV swung less: 21.4% to 38.0%. EDV fell less at its worst: −59.7% to −98.0%.

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Risk and return: EDV vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EDV	USO	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+55.0%	−71.3%	EDV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.3%	−6.4%	EDV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−38.6%	−71.3%	EDV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	21.4%	38.0%	EDV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	14.9%	27.5%	EDV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−59.7%	−98.0%	EDV	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.15	−0.02	EDV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.21	−0.02	EDV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.04	−0.07	EDV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 983 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF USO United States Oil Fund, LP

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Vanguard USCF

What it is Tracks an index of Extended Duration Treasury Holds oil futures

Total return, 1 year −13.3% +133.3%

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.86%

Holdings 81 not counted

Net assets, EDV as of Sep 30, 2026 and USO as of Oct 28, 2026 $3.6bn $1.9bn

EDV and USO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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EDV and USO do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. EDV follows Bloomberg U.S. Treasury STRIPS 2030 Year Equal Par Bond Index and USO follows Oil futures.
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EDV returned −13.3% and USO +133.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 146.6 points.
Cost. EDV charges 0.05% of assets a year and USO 0.86%, a gap of 0.81 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

EDV

EDV tracks an index of Extended Duration Treasury. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −13.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 57.0% below its high of Mar 9, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

USO

USO holds oil futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +133.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.86% a year. It sat 82.3% below its high of Jul 14, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EDV or USO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −13.3% and USO +133.3%.
Which is cheaper, EDV or USO?: EDV is cheaper, by 0.81 percentage points a year. That is about $81 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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