Which returned more over the last year, INDA or USO?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INDA returned −14.2% and USO +133.3%.

Which is cheaper, INDA or USO?

INDA is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

INDA vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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INDA is an equity index fund and USO a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USO returned +133.3% against −14.2%.

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Net assets: $5.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI India ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for United States Oil Fund, LP.

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At a glance

−14.2%

INDA total return, 1 year

+133.3%

USO total return, 1 year

0.61%

INDA expense ratio

0.86%

USO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

INDA costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 147.5 points; INDA is 3.1 times larger.

INDA vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	INDA	USO
Return
Measure	INDA	USO
Total return, 1 year	−14.2%	+133.3%
Drawdown
Measure	INDA	USO
Below its high	20.4%, high on Sep 26, 2024	82.3%, high on Jul 14, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	INDA	USO
What it tracks	MSCI India Index	Oil futures
Cost and size
Measure	INDA	USO
Expense ratio	0.61%	0.86%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.8bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	INDA	USO
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.8%

Method

Side by side

INDA iShares MSCI India ETF USO United States Oil Fund, LP

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares USCF

What it is Tracks the MSCI India Holds oil futures

Total return, 1 year −14.2% +133.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −30.5 pts vs EEM not measured

Expense ratio 0.61% 0.86%

Holdings 166 not counted

Net assets, INDA as of Oct 27, 2026 and USO as of Oct 28, 2026 $5.8bn $1.9bn

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

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About each fund

INDA

INDA tracks the MSCI India. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −14.2% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.61% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 166 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%. It sat 20.4% below its high of Sep 26, 2024 on Oct 28, 2026.

USO

USO holds oil futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +133.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.86% a year. It sat 82.3% below its high of Jul 14, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, INDA or USO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INDA returned −14.2% and USO +133.3%.
Which is cheaper, INDA or USO?: INDA is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

INDA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

INDA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for INDA ↗

USCF website ↗

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