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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and DVY +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or DVY?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 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 DVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to DVY's +17.1%; 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 $23.4bn for iShares Select Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.5 points; AGG is 6.0 times larger.

AGG vs DVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	DVY
Return
Measure	AGG	DVY
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+17.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	DVY
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	DVY
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	DVY
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.38%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$23.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	DVY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		80%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		19.7%

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

What they share

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

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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 DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of US dividend

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +17.1%

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% 0.38%

Holdings 13469 101

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $23.4bn

AGG and DVY 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.

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or DVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and DVY +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or DVY?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG and DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

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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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