Commodity ETF Roundup: USO Gathers Assets Despite Energy Pullback

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Weekly Channel Summary

The Commodity ETF channel currently consists of 71 products managed by 28 issuers, accounting for a combined $371.15 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM). Over the past week, investors injected $582 million in net new inflows into the space. Despite the positive weekly momentum, year-to-date flows for the overall Commodity segment remain slightly negative at -$737 million.

This Week’s Performance Leaders and Laggards

Precious Metals led the Commodity composites this week, climbing 3.00%, followed closely by Industrial Metals with a solid 2.79% gain. Conversely, the Energy category was the hardest-hit segment, retreating 2.97%, while Agriculture also ended the week in the red, shedding 1.10%.

Category Performance Snapshot

Category WTD 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month YTD 1 Year
Precious Metals 3.00% -0.70% -2.72% 26.18% 7.81% 65.99%
Industrial Metals 2.79% 6.61% 7.64% 26.62% 11.81% 46.14%
Shipping Freight 1.80% 13.57% 182.49% 426.60% 413.70% 748.36%
Carbon Credits 0.30% 3.87% -2.93% -5.97% -11.74% 5.58%
Multi-Sector -0.66% 5.65% 19.42% 30.26% 27.72% 42.76%
Agriculture -1.10% 3.50% 9.11% 8.97% 9.42% 3.70%
Energy -2.97% 6.91% 38.68% 44.38% 50.84% 52.50%

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by Weekly Performance

The SIVR (abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF) was the single best-performing ETF over the past week, surging 10.25%. On the other end of the spectrum, the BNO (United States Brent Oil Fund LP) and USO (United States Oil Fund LP) were the primary laggards, tumbling 6.32% and 5.77% respectively as global energy markets pulled back.

Ticker Fund Name WTD Performance
Top Performers
SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF 10.25%
SLV iShares Silver Trust 10.24%
CPER United States Copper Index Fund 5.24%
GLTR abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF 4.72%
BDRY Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF 3.40%
Bottom Performers
BNO United States Brent Oil Fund LP -6.32%
USO United States Oil Fund LP -5.77%
UX Roundhill Uranium ETF -3.90%
HARD Simplify Commodities Strategy No K-1 ETF -3.76%
DBE Invesco DB Energy Fund -3.61%

Analyzing the Weekly Flows

Investors added a net $582 million to Commodity ETFs over the past five days. The Multi-Sector – Broad Market category was the primary beneficiary, raking in $376 million, while Focused – Energy and Focused – Agriculture also secured healthy additions of $365 million and $306 million, respectively. In contrast, the Focused – Precious Metals segment experienced notable redemptions, shedding $466 million.

Category Flows Summary

Category Fund Count AUM 5 Day Flow 30 Day Flow 90 Day Flow YTD Flow 1 Year Flow
Multi-Sector 27 $25.20B $376M ($355M) $2,362M $3,179M $5,214M
Energy 11 $4.03B $365M ($309M) $533M $441M $580M
Agriculture 8 $2.61B $306M $369M $1,484M $1,492M $1,429M
Carbon Credits 3 $0.25B $4M $3M ($8M) ($19M) ($20M)
Shipping Freight 2 $0.09B $3M ($34M) ($5M) ($4M) ($58M)
Industrial Metals 4 $1.11B ($6M) $23M ($158M) $377M $674M
Precious Metals 16 $337.86B ($466M) ($2,193M) ($11,429M) ($6,204M) $32,130M

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by 5-Day Flow

The USO (United States Oil Fund LP) commanded the most investor attention, pulling in a massive $315 million in weekly inflows despite a negative return profile. On the outflow side, major gold trackers IAU (iShares Gold Trust) and GLD (SPDR Gold Shares) experienced the largest redemptions across the channel, losing $256 million and $208 million, respectively.

Ticker Fund Name 5-Day Flow
Inflows
USO United States Oil Fund LP $315M
HGER Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF $219M
DBA Invesco DB Agriculture Fund $119M
PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF $81M
PDBA Invesco Agriculture Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF $67M
Outflows
IAU iShares Gold Trust ($256M)
GLD SPDR Gold Shares ($208M)
FTGC First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund ($42M)
BAR GraniteShares Gold Shares ($41M)
SGOL abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF ($31M)

Issuer League Table Update

SPDR and iShares maintain a powerful duopoly in the Commodity ETF marketplace, controlling 51.37% and 33.00% of total category AUM, respectively. However, US Commodity Funds was the top asset gatherer over the past week, attracting $366 million in net inflows to outpace both Invesco and Harbor.

Top 5 Issuers by AUM

Brand Fund Count AUM AUM Market Share
SPDR 3 $190.66B 51.37%
iShares 7 $122.48B 33.00%
aberdeen 7 $23.06B 6.21%
Invesco 9 $10.91B 2.94%
US Commodity Funds 8 $4.48B 1.21%

Top & Bottom 3 Issuers by 5-Day Flow

Brand 5-Day Flow
Inflows
US Commodity Funds $366M
Invesco $269M
Harbor $219M
Outflows
iShares -$212M
SPDR -$207M
GraniteShares -$50M

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Disclosures

This material is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice…

This analysis was developed by the team at ETF Action…