DBA ETF Analysis: DB Agriculture Fund | NYSE

Commodities Focused | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 1.243m USD | 12M Return: 9.1% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis

Grains, Soft Commodities, Livestock, Agricultural Futures
Total Rating 59
Safety 78
Buy Signal -0.65
Commodities Focused
Category Rotation: +14.1
TER: 0.85%
AUM: 1.24B
Avg Turnover: 21.9M
Risk 3d forecast
Volatility15.5%
VaR 5th Pctl2.80%
VaR vs Median0.29%
Reward TTM
Sharpe Ratio0.51
Rel. Str. IBD41.5
Rel. Str. Peer Group66.1
Character TTM
Beta0.121
Beta Downside0.081
Hurst Exponent0.501
Drawdowns 3y
Max DD12.36%
CAGR/Max DD1.01
CAGR/Mean DD2.95

Warnings

Choppy

Tailwinds

No distinct edge detected

Seasonality 10.5 years of data

Jan +0.9% 43
Feb +0.2% 2
Mar -0.2% 0
Apr +0.1% 0
May -0.7% 31
Jun -1.9% 19
Jul -1.2% 28
Aug +1.3% 12
Sep +0.1% 2
Oct -0.4% 12
Nov +0.1% 31
Dec +0.4% 24

How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.

Description: DBA DB Agriculture Fund

The Invesco DB Agriculture Fund (DBA) is a U.S.-listed exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index through a portfolio of exchange-traded futures contracts. The index provides diversified exposure to 11 agricultural commodities, spanning grains (corn, soybeans, wheat, and Kansas City wheat), soft commodities (sugar, cocoa, coffee, and cotton), and livestock (live cattle, feeder cattle, and lean hogs). The index is composed of notional amounts of each underlying commodity and is maintained by Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. as the Index Sponsor. As a commodity-focused ETF, DBA allows investors to gain broad-based agricultural exposure without directly holding physical commodities or individual futures positions.

Factual context on the sector/business model: Commodity-based ETFs like DBA typically use a roll strategy, selling near-term futures contracts and buying longer-dated ones to maintain continuous exposure, which can expose investors to contango or backwardation effects. The funds $1,305M USD market cap classifies it as a small-cap ETF, and its 2007 launch makes it one of the longer-standing agricultural commodity products available to U.S. investors.

Headlines to Watch Out For
  • USDA cuts US corn yield forecast, boosting grain futures
  • Chinese soybean demand rebounds, lifting oilseed prices
  • Contango curve steepens, eroding ETF roll returns
What is the price of DBA shares?

As of July 28, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 27.62 with a total of 1,139,392 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -1.43%, over one month by +4.19%, over three months by +0.18% and over the past year by +9.10%.

Current recommended Stop Loss: 27.20 (which is 1.5% or 1.6 ATR below the current price).

Is DBA a buy, sell or hold?

DB Agriculture Fund has no consensus analysts rating.