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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HGER returned +46.9% and XLC −10.4%.

Which is cheaper, HGER or XLC?

XLC is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of HGER and 100% of XLC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HGER vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HGER returned +46.9% to XLC's −10.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $5.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF, and $22.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+46.9%

HGER total return, 1 year

−10.4%

XLC total return, 1 year

0.68%

HGER expense ratio

0.08%

XLC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLC costs 0.60 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 57.3 points; XLC is 4.4 times larger.

HGER vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HGER	XLC
Return
Measure	HGER	XLC
Total return, 1 year	+46.9%	−10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	HGER	XLC
Below its high		13.3%, high on Jan 30, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HGER	XLC
What it tracks	Quantix Commodity Index	Communication Services Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	HGER	XLC
Expense ratio	0.68%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.0bn	$22.1bn
Holdings
Measure	HGER	XLC
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		75.3%

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 XLC 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 XLC

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Only in XLC

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 21.45%

ALPHABET INC CL A 12.27%

ALPHABET INC CL C 9.82%

WALT DISNEY CO 5.33%

TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWRE 4.80%

COMCAST CORP CLASS A 4.48%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 4.45%

APPLOVIN CORP CLASS A 4.34%

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Side by side

HGER Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF XLC State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Commodity ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Harbor State Street

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

Total return, 1 year +46.9% −10.4%

Expense ratio 0.68% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%

Holdings 0 23

Net assets, HGER as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLC as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.0bn $22.1bn

HGER and XLC 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.

XLC

XLC tracks an index of Communication services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 23 positions, with the top ten at 75.3%. It sat 13.3% below its high of Jan 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HGER or XLC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HGER returned +46.9% and XLC −10.4%.
Which is cheaper, HGER or XLC?: XLC is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do HGER and XLC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of HGER and 100% of XLC 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 ↗

XLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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