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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and AOR +7.8%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or AOR?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs AOR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to AOR's +7.8%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.2 points; AGG is far larger, $139.4bn against $3.9bn.

AGG vs AOR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	AOR
Return
Measure	AGG	AOR
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+7.8%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	AOR
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	AOR
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	60/40 Balanced Allocation
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	AOR
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$3.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	AOR
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		99.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and AOR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG AOR

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AGG

BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 3.02%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.39%

TREASURY NOTE 0.38%

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Allocation ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +7.8%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ −5.6 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.15%

Holdings 13469 7

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $3.9bn

AGG and AOR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or AOR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and AOR +7.8%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or AOR?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG and AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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