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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and AVLV +29.6%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or AVLV?

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.

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AGG vs AVLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to AVLV's +29.6%; 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 $22.4bn for Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+29.6%

AVLV total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.15%

AVLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 31.0 points; AGG is 6.2 times larger.

AGG vs AVLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	AVLV
Return
Measure	AGG	AVLV
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+29.6%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	AVLV
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	AVLV
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	AVLV
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$22.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	AVLV
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		26.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and AVLV 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 AVLV

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 AVLV

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 3.48%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.96%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 2.92%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.91%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 2.85%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.0 2.66%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP COMMON STOCK 2.56%

ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK 2.51%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF AVLV Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value 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% +29.6%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +27.5% (IWD)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ +2.1 pts vs IWD

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.15%

Holdings 13469 298

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $22.4bn

AGG and AVLV 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.

AVLV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.6% with distributions reinvested, against +27.5% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value.

AVLV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 298 positions, with the top ten at 26.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or AVLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and AVLV +29.6%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or AVLV?: 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 filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

AVLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVLV 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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