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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and AVEM +17.9%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or AVEM?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AGG vs AVEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to AVEM's +17.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $139.4bn for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and $27.3bn for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.3 points; AGG is 5.1 times larger.

AGG vs AVEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	AVEM
Return
Measure	AGG	AVEM
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+17.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	AVEM
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	AVEM
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	AVEM
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.33%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$27.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	AVEM
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		28.7%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG AVEM

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 AVEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR 6.82%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 6.09%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S GDR 5.35%

SK HYNIX INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 4.89%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK HKD.00002 1.49%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 1.02%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.96%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.73%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Avantis

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +17.9%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.33%

Holdings 13469 4088

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $27.3bn

AGG and AVEM 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.

AVEM

AVEM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% 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 4,088 positions, with the top ten at 28.7%. It sat 10.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or AVEM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and AVEM +17.9%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or AVEM?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 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 ↗

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

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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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