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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GSG returned +57.4% and SDCI +42.0%.

Which is cheaper, GSG or SDCI?

SDCI is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $21. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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GSG vs SDCI: how they differ

GSG is a commodity futures fund and SDCI an actively managed commodity fund, and over the year GSG returned +57.4% against +42.0%. iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund and USCF SummerHaven Dynamic Commodity Strategy No K-1 Fund.

SDCI costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.4 points; GSG is 1.3 times larger.

	GSG	SDCI
Expense ratio	0.81%	0.60%
Net assets, GSG as of Oct 8, 2026 and SDCI as of Oct 9, 2026	$1.0bn	$814m
Total return, 1 year	+57.4%	+42.0%
Holdings in common	not published
Below its high	52.8%, high on Jul 2, 2008

+57.4%

GSG total return, 1 year

+42.0%

SDCI total return, 1 year

0.81%

GSG expense ratio

0.60%

SDCI expense ratio

On the same fields

GSG

iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund

SDCI

USCF SummerHaven Dynamic Commodity Strategy No K-1 Fund

Where it sits Commodity ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares USCF

What it is Holds commodity futures Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +57.4% +42.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +40.1 pts +24.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.81% 0.60%

Holdings not read by ETFIQ 19

Net assets, GSG as of Oct 8, 2026 and SDCI as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.0bn $814m

GSG and SDCI 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.

SDCI in plain words

SDCI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GSG or SDCI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GSG returned +57.4% and SDCI +42.0%.
Which is cheaper, GSG or SDCI?: SDCI is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $21. 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 ↗SDCI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SDCI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗USCF website ↗

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