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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PDBC returned +55.2% and VCLT returned −4.8%, so PDBC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, PDBC or VCLT?

PDBC charges 0.59% a year and VCLT charges 0.03%, so VCLT 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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PDBC vs VCLT: how they differ

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

Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF and Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PDBC and VCLT 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 PDBC	Only in VCLT
Invesco Premier US Government Money Port 75.58%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%
POWERSHARES CAYMAN FUND 24.42%	CVS Health Corp 0.34%
	Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%
	Boeing Co/The 0.27%
	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
	Amazon.com Inc 0.26%
	Oracle Corp 0.24%
	AT&T Inc 0.24%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

PDBC and VCLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF	VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Invesco	Vanguard
What it is	Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy	Long-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+55.2%	−4.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+37.7 pts	−22.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.03%
Holdings	2	2775

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%.

VCLT in plain words

VCLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −4.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 18.1% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PDBC or VCLT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PDBC returned +55.2% and VCLT returned −4.8%, so PDBC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, PDBC or VCLT?: PDBC charges 0.59% a year and VCLT charges 0.03%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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