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FAAR vs PDBC: how they differ

FAAR and PDBC hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and PDBC returned +51.9% over the year. First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF and Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF.

PDBC costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 32.2 points; PDBC is far larger, $7.9bn against $241m.

FAARPDBC
Expense ratio0.98%0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$241m$7.9bn
Total return, 1 year+19.7%+51.9%
Holdings in common0%
Below its high3.9%, high on May 18, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+19.7%
FAAR total return, 1 year
+51.9%
PDBC total return, 1 year
0.98%
FAAR expense ratio
0.59%
PDBC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FAAR and PDBC 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FAAR PDBC
Only in FAAR
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 11.19%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.40%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.38%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 8.36%
Only in PDBC
POWERSHARES CAYMAN FUND 18.02%

On the same fields

FAAR
First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF
PDBC
Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer First Trust Invesco
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +19.7% +51.9%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +2.4 pts +34.6 pts
Expense ratio 0.98% 0.59%
Holdings 4 1
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $241m $7.9bn

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

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.

PDBC in plain words

PDBC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +51.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FAAR or PDBC?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FAAR returned +19.7% and PDBC +51.9%.
Which is cheaper, FAAR or PDBC?
PDBC is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $39. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
FAAR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FAAR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FAAR ↗PDBC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PDBC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for PDBC ↗

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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, FAAR against PDBC, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/faar-vs-pdbc

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