Which returned more over the last year, GSG or PIT?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GSG returned +57.4% and PIT +64.3%.

Which is cheaper, GSG or PIT?

PIT is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $26. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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GSG vs PIT: how they differ

GSG is a commodity futures fund and PIT an actively managed commodity fund, and over the year PIT returned +64.3% against +57.4%. iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund and VanEck Commodity Strategy ETF.

PIT costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.9 points; GSG is 4.0 times larger.

	GSG	PIT
Expense ratio	0.81%	0.55%
Net assets, GSG as of Oct 8, 2026 and PIT as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.0bn	$260m
Total return, 1 year	+57.4%	+64.3%
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high	52.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008

+57.4%

GSG total return, 1 year

+64.3%

PIT total return, 1 year

0.81%

GSG expense ratio

0.55%

PIT expense ratio

On the same fields

GSG

iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund

PIT

VanEck Commodity Strategy ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares VanEck

What it is Holds commodity futures Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +57.4% +64.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +40.1 pts +47.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.81% 0.55%

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Net assets, GSG as of Oct 8, 2026 and PIT as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.0bn $260m

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

GSG in plain words

GSG holds commodity futures. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +57.4% with distributions reinvested. It sat 52.8% below its high of Jul 2, 2008 on Oct 9, 2026.

Its expense ratio is 0.81% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

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, GSG or PIT?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GSG returned +57.4% and PIT +64.3%.
Which is cheaper, GSG or PIT?: PIT is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $26. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Where these figures came from

GSG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗iShares page for GSG ↗PIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗

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