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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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AOR vs DIA: how they differ

AOR and DIA are both equity index funds, and over the year DIA returned more, +15.6% against +11.3%.

iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF and SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust.

AOR and DIA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AOR
iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF
DIA
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesState Street
What it isCore 60/40 Balanced AllocationDow Jones Industrial Average
Total return, 1 year+11.3%+15.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−6.2 pts−1.9 pts
Expense ratio0.15%not published
Holdings7not filed

AOR in plain words

AOR is an index equity fund tracking the Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +11.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

DIA in plain words

DIA is an index equity fund tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 5, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or DIA?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +11.3% and DIA returned +15.6%, so DIA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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AOR against DIA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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