Which returned more over the last year, BOND or IWB?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −0.1% and IWB returned +16.7%, so IWB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BOND or IWB?

BOND charges 0.54% a year and IWB charges 0.15%, so IWB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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BOND vs IWB: how they differ

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

PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund and iShares Russell 1000 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and IWB 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 BOND	Only in IWB
UMBS, TBA 4.80%	NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.73%
PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active 3.52%	APPLE INC. 6.03%
UMBS, TBA 2.98%	MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.00%
United States Treasury 2.93%	AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.33%
UMBS, TBA 2.36%	ALPHABET INC. 3.00%
United States Treasury 2.22%	BROADCOM INC. 2.54%
UMBS, TBA 2.19%	ALPHABET INC. 2.42%
UMBS, TBA 1.96%	MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.88%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

BOND and IWB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund	IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	PIMCO	iShares
What it is	Active Bond Exchange-Traded	Russell 1000
Total return, 1 year	−0.1%	+16.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−17.6 pts	−0.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.15%
Holdings	1565	1024

BOND in plain words

BOND is a bond fund tracking the Active Bond Exchange-Traded. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −0.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. It sat 3.3% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

IWB in plain words

IWB is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 1000. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +16.7% 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 Jun 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1024 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or IWB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −0.1% and IWB returned +16.7%, so IWB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BOND or IWB?: BOND charges 0.54% a year and IWB charges 0.15%, so IWB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BOND against IWB, 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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