Are AGG and AHLT in the same category?

AGG is a bond ETF and AHLT is an alternatives ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or AHLT?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and AHLT +19.3%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or AHLT?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.93 percentage points a year. That is about $93 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs AHLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AGG returned +0.2% to AHLT's +19.3%, and AGG charges 0.03% to AHLT's 0.96%.

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Net assets: $139.1bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $131m on Jul 31, 2026 for AHL Trend ETF.

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At a glance

+0.2%

AGG total return, 1 year

+19.3%

AHLT total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.96%

AHLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.93 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.1 points.

AGG vs AHLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	AHLT
Return
Measure	AGG	AHLT
Total return, 1 year	+0.2%	+19.3%
Total return, 52 weeks		+18.3%
Against its benchmark
Measure	AGG	AHLT
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	not published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks		+3.7%
Against cash		14.7 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	AHLT
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.96%
Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and AHLT as of Jul 31, 2026	$139.1bn	$131m
Holdings
Measure	AGG	AHLT
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	AGG	AHLT
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns		+0.47
Beta to the S&P 500		+0.58: about 0.58% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell		fell 0.88%
Down-week capture		81.7%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell		26 of 52, by 1.07% on average

Method

Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF AHLT AHL Trend ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Alternatives ETF

Issuer iShares American Beacon

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Managed futures

Total return, 1 year +0.2% +19.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +0.2% (SCHZ) not measured

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs SCHZ not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.96%

Holdings 13462 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and AHLT as of Jul 31, 2026 $139.1bn $131m

AGG and AHLT on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +0.2% with distributions reinvested, against +0.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

AHLT

AHLT is a managed futures fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.47 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.58, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.58% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks AHLT fell 0.88% on average, a down-week capture of 81.7%. Over the same 52 weeks AHLT returned +18.3% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 14.7 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are AGG and AHLT in the same category?: AGG is a bond ETF and AHLT is an alternatives ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, AGG or AHLT?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and AHLT +19.3%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or AHLT?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.93 percentage points a year. That is about $93 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

AHLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AHLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

American Beacon website ↗

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