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Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF against United States Oil Fund, LP.","url":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/lyte-vs-uso","dateModified":"2026-10-28","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".verdict",".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":3139,"truncated":true,"content":"ETFIQ / Compare ETFs / LYTE vs USO \n \n Data as of Oct 28, 2026.\n ETFIQ etfiq.com \u00b7 independent ETF data \n LYTE vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees\n LYTE and USO are measured over different days, and LYTE charges 0.65% to USO's 0.86%.\n Copy this for sharing \n LYTE costs 0.21 points a year less; USO is 11.5 times larger.\n LYTE and USO at a glance. As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. LYTE USO \n Expense ratio 0.65% 0.86% \n Net assets $165m $1.9bn \n Total return, 1 year not published +133.3% \n What it tracks Photonics and optics Oil futures \n Holdings in common not published \n Net assets on Oct 28, ","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, LYTE against USO, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/lyte-vs-uso","a":{"ticker":"LYTE","name":"Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF","issuer":"Roundhill","desk":"themes","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"From its Aug 6, 2026 launch to Oct 28, 2026, LYTE lost 19.6%.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/lyte","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, since launch","value":"\u221219.6%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$165m","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.65%","as_of":"2026-08-03","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Aug 3, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"USO","name":"United States Oil Fund, LP","issuer":"USCF","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"USO holds oil futures and returned +133.3% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/uso","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+133.3%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.86%","as_of":"2026-04-24","source":"424B3, Apr 24, 2026"},{"label":"Futures and swap contracts, with collateral (USCF daily holdings, Oct 28, 2026)","value":"3","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"USCF daily holdings, Oct 28, 2026"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u221282.3%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$1.9bn","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 28, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"Its own holdings, as of Jun 30, 2026; its 10-Q sets it against the near month NYMEX futures contract for light, sweet crude oil (the Benchmark Oil Futures Contract), a futures contract and not an index; it is measured by its own holdings and compared with no other fund","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/lyte-vs-uso"}