Are HGER and IBB in the same category?

HGER is a commodity ETF and IBB is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, HGER or IBB?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HGER returned +46.9% and IBB +37.5%.

Which is cheaper, HGER or IBB?

IBB is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do HGER and IBB overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of HGER and 40% of IBB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HGER vs IBB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HGER returned +46.9% to IBB's +37.5%, and IBB charges 0.44% to HGER's 0.68%.

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Net assets: $5.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF, and $11.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Biotechnology ETF.

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At a glance

+46.9%

HGER total return, 1 year

+37.5%

IBB total return, 1 year

0.68%

HGER expense ratio

0.44%

IBB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IBB costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points; IBB is 2.2 times larger.

HGER vs IBB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HGER	IBB
Return
Measure	HGER	IBB
Total return, 1 year	+46.9%	+37.5%
Benchmark
Measure	HGER	IBB
What it tracks	Quantix Commodity Index	Biotech
Cost and size
Measure	HGER	IBB
Expense ratio	0.68%	0.44%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.0bn	$11.0bn
Active share vs the S&P 500		99%
Holdings
Measure	HGER	IBB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		50%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HGER and IBB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HGER IBB

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HGER

Only in IBB

GILEAD SCIENCES 8.56%

AMGEN INC 8.20%

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS 7.53%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 5.64%

MODERNA 5.29%

NATERA 3.85%

ARGENX SE ADR 3.42%

ILLUMINA INC 2.93%

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Side by side

HGER Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF IBB iShares Biotechnology ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer Harbor iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy Biotech

Total return, 1 year +46.9% +37.5%

Expense ratio 0.68% 0.44%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 40.2%

Holdings 0 245

Net assets, HGER as of Oct 28, 2026 and IBB as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.0bn $11.0bn

HGER and IBB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

HGER

HGER tracks an index of Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +46.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 0 positions, with the top ten at not published.

IBB

By weight, 40% of IBB's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 245 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +37.5% with distributions reinvested.

Questions people ask

Are HGER and IBB in the same category?: HGER is a commodity ETF and IBB is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, HGER or IBB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HGER returned +46.9% and IBB +37.5%.
Which is cheaper, HGER or IBB?: IBB is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do HGER and IBB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of HGER and 40% of IBB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

HGER filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HGER prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Harbor page for HGER ↗

IBB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IBB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IBB ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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