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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGC returned +42.1% and PDBC +51.9%.

Which is cheaper, FTGC 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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FTGC vs PDBC: how they differ

FTGC and PDBC hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and PDBC returned +51.9% over the year. First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund 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 9.8 points; PDBC is 2.3 times larger.

	FTGC	PDBC
Expense ratio	0.98%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$3.4bn	$7.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+42.1%	+51.9%
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+42.1%

FTGC total return, 1 year

+51.9%

PDBC total return, 1 year

0.98%

FTGC expense ratio

0.59%

PDBC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTGC 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 Oct 8, 2026.

50%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTGC PDBC

Only in FTGC

GASOLINE RBOB FUT Dec26 7.38%

BRENT CRUDE FUTR Jan27 6.53%

GOLD 100 OZ FUTR Dec26 6.28%

WTI CRUDE FUTURE Dec26 5.63%

LME ZINC FUTURE Dec26 5.47%

NATURAL GAS FUTR Dec26 5.13%

Low Su Gasoil G Nov26 5.10%

COPPER FUTURE Dec26 5.05%

Only in PDBC

POWERSHARES CAYMAN FUND 18.02%

On the same fields

FTGC

First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund

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 +42.1% +51.9%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +24.9 pts +34.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.98% 0.59%

Holdings 30 1

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.4bn $7.9bn

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

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.

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, FTGC or PDBC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTGC returned +42.1% and PDBC +51.9%.
Which is cheaper, FTGC 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

FTGC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTGC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTGC ↗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.

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

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