Which returned more over the last year, LQD or PDBC?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, LQD returned −2.7% and PDBC returned +55.2%, so PDBC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, LQD or PDBC?

LQD charges 0.14% a year and PDBC charges 0.59%, so LQD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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LQD vs PDBC: how they differ

LQD and PDBC hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and PDBC returned more over the year.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF and Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, LQD and PDBC hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in LQD	Only in PDBC
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.88%	Invesco Premier US Government Money Port 75.58%
ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC 0.12%	POWERSHARES CAYMAN FUND 24.42%
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INTERNATIONAL FIN 0.11%
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING L 144A 0.10%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO MTN 0.09%
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC 0.08%
MORGAN STANLEY (FXD-FRN) MTN 0.08%
CITIGROUP INC (FX-FRN) 0.07%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

LQD and PDBC on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Invesco
What it is	US investment grade bonds	Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy
Total return, 1 year	−2.7%	+55.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−20.2 pts	+37.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.14%	0.59%
Holdings	3149	2

LQD in plain words

LQD is a bond fund tracking the US investment grade bonds. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.14% a year. It sat 6.4% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

PDBC in plain words

PDBC is an index equity fund tracking the Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +55.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, LQD or PDBC?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, LQD returned −2.7% and PDBC returned +55.2%, so PDBC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, LQD or PDBC?: LQD charges 0.14% a year and PDBC charges 0.59%, so LQD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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LQD against PDBC, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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