Are AGG and ATTR in the same category?

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

Which is cheaper, AGG or ATTR?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs ATTR: Differences, Returns & Fees

AGG and ATTR are measured over different days, and AGG charges 0.03% to ATTR's 0.63%.

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Net assets: $139.3bn on Oct 26, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $96m on Jun 30, 2026 for Arin Tactical Tail Risk ETF.

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At a glance

−1.2%

AGG total return, 1 year

+7.5%

ATTR total return, since launch, Oct 28, 2025

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.63%

ATTR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.60 points a year less.

AGG vs ATTR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	ATTR
Return
Measure	AGG	ATTR
Total return, 1 year	−1.2%	not published
Total return, 52 weeks		+7.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	ATTR
Below its high	3.2%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Against its benchmark
Measure	AGG	ATTR
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	not published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks		+3.7%
Against cash		3.8 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	ATTR
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.63%
Net assets, AGG as of Oct 26, 2026 and ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026	$139.3bn	$96m
Holdings
Measure	AGG	ATTR
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	AGG	ATTR
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns		+0.91
Beta to the S&P 500		+0.21: about 0.21% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell		fell 0.14%
Down-week capture		12.8%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell		25 of 52, by 1.10% on average

Method

Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ATTR Arin Tactical Tail Risk ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Alternatives ETF

Issuer iShares Arin

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Hedged equity

Total return, 1 year −1.2% +7.5% (since launch, Oct 28, 2025)

Its benchmark over the same days −1.2% (SCHZ) +13.3% (VOO) (since launch, Oct 28, 2025)

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs SCHZ −5.8 pts vs VOO (since launch, Oct 28, 2025)

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.63%

Holdings 13461 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 26, 2026 and ATTR as of Jun 30, 2026 $139.3bn $96m

AGG and ATTR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 27, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 27, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 27, 2026.

ATTR

ATTR is a hedged equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.91 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.21, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.21% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 25 of those 52 weeks, by 1.10% on average. In the same weeks ATTR fell 0.14% on average, a down-week capture of 12.8%. Over the same 52 weeks ATTR returned +7.5% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 3.8 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are AGG and ATTR in the same category?: AGG is a bond ETF and ATTR is an alternatives ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, AGG or ATTR?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 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 ↗

ATTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ATTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Arin page for ATTR ↗

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