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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and FBCG +9.5%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or FBCG?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 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 FBCG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to FBCG's +9.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $7.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+9.5%

FBCG total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.57%

FBCG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.54 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.9 points; AGG is 17.9 times larger.

AGG vs FBCG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	FBCG
Return
Measure	AGG	FBCG
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+9.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	FBCG
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	5.7%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	FBCG
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	FBCG
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.57%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$135.7bn	$7.6bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	FBCG
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		85%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		57.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and FBCG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG FBCG

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 FBCG

NVIDIA CORP 14.90%

APPLE INC 9.31%

ALPHABET INC 9.27%

AMAZON.COM INC 5.86%

MICROSOFT CORP 4.94%

BROADCOM INC 4.38%

ELI LILLY and CO 2.71%

META PLATFORMS INC 2.31%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF FBCG Fidelity Blue Chip Growth ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Fidelity

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

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +9.5%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ −4.2 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.57%

Holdings 13469 230

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and FBCG as of Sep 30, 2026 $139.4bn $7.6bn

AGG and FBCG 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.

FBCG

FBCG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +9.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.57% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 85% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 230 positions, with the top ten at 57.2%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or FBCG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and FBCG +9.5%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or FBCG?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 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 ↗

FBCG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FBCG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fidelity 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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