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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PDBC returned +55.6% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, PDBC or VTIP?

VTIP is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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PDBC vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, PDBC returned +55.6% to VTIP's +2.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $8.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF, and $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

+55.6%

PDBC total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.59%

PDBC expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.56 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 53.4 points.

PDBC vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	PDBC	VTIP
Return
Measure	PDBC	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+55.6%	+2.2%
Benchmark
Measure	PDBC	VTIP
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	PDBC	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.03%
Net assets, PDBC as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.0bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	PDBC	VTIP
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, PDBC and VTIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PDBC VTIP

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Only in PDBC

POWERSHARES CAYMAN FUND 19.37%

Only in VTIP

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.96%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.87%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%

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Side by side

PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Invesco Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +55.6% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +54.6% (DBC) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +1.0 pts vs DBC not measured

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.03%

Holdings 1 26

Net assets, PDBC as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.0bn $20.9bn

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

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About each fund

PDBC

PDBC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +55.6% with distributions reinvested, against +54.6% for its benchmark, the DBIQ Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Index Excess Return. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PDBC or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PDBC returned +55.6% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, PDBC or VTIP?: VTIP is cheaper, by 0.56 percentage points a year. That is about $56 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

PDBC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PDBC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for PDBC ↗

VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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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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