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FAAR vs PIT: how they differ

FAAR and PIT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and PIT returned +64.3% over the year. First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF and VanEck Commodity Strategy ETF.

PIT costs 0.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 44.6 points.

FAARPIT
Expense ratio0.98%0.55%
Net assets, FAAR as of Oct 8, 2026 and PIT as of Jun 30, 2026$241m$260m
Total return, 1 year+19.7%+64.3%
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
+64.3%
PIT total return, 1 year
0.98%
FAAR expense ratio
0.55%
PIT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FAAR and PIT 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 PIT
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 PIT
Other 4.43%
Other 2.96%
Other 2.83%
Brent Crude Futr Dec26 0.00%
Brent Crude Futr Feb27 0.00%
Cattle Feeder Fut Nov26 0.00%
Cocoa Future Dec26 0.00%
Coffee 'C' Future Dec26 0.00%

On the same fields

FAAR
First Trust Alternative Absolute Return Strategy ETF
PIT
VanEck Commodity Strategy ETF
Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer First Trust VanEck
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +19.7% +64.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +2.4 pts +47.1 pts
Expense ratio 0.98% 0.55%
Holdings 4 32
Net assets, FAAR as of Oct 8, 2026 and PIT as of Jun 30, 2026 $241m $260m

FAAR and PIT 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.

PIT in plain words

PIT is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +64.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.55% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FAAR or PIT?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FAAR returned +19.7% and PIT +64.3%.
Which is cheaper, FAAR or PIT?
PIT is cheaper, by 0.43 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $43. 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 ↗PIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗

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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 PIT, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/faar-vs-pit

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