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

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

Which is cheaper, AGG or BOND?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 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 BOND: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG and BOND finished level, −1.4% against −1.4%, and AGG charges 0.03% to BOND's 0.54%.

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Net assets: $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $8.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.51 points a year less; both returned −1.4% over a year.

AGG vs BOND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	BOND
Return
Measure	AGG	BOND
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−1.4%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	BOND
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	BOND
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	BOND
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.54%
Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and BOND as of Jun 30, 2026	$139.4bn	$8.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	BOND
Holdings in common	2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and BOND hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG BOND

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2055 0.20% 0.38%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Sep 1, 2056 0.15% 2.54%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2042 0.13% 1.32%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2043 0.11% 3.39%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Sep 1, 2056 0.11% 0.96%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2056 0.19% 0.09%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2045 0.09% 2.57%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2046 0.08% 0.73%

Freddie Mac Pool, due Sep 1, 2053 0.05% 0.31%

Fannie Mae Pool, due Jun 1, 2053 0.03% 0.76%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Aug 15, 2044 0.03% 1.94%

Freddie Mac Pool, due Oct 1, 2053 0.02% 0.73%

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Only in AGG

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2035 0.41%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2034 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 28, 2030 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2034 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2034 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2036 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2035 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2033 0.38%

Only in BOND

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 5.56%

PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 3.46%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.73%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.27%

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, due Jan 15, 2034 1.93%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., due Apr 1, 2055 1.88%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., due Oct 1, 2053 1.76%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares PIMCO

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

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −1.4%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ 0.0 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.54%

Holdings 13469 1565

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 $139.4bn $8.3bn

AGG and BOND 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.

BOND

BOND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. It sat 3.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or BOND?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and BOND −1.4%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or BOND?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 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 ↗

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO 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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