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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and FDVV +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or FDVV?

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.

Across categories

AGG vs FDVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to FDVV's +13.5%; 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 $10.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity High Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+13.5%

FDVV total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.15%

FDVV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.9 points; AGG is 13.3 times larger.

AGG vs FDVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	FDVV
Return
Measure	AGG	FDVV
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	FDVV
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	FDVV
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Fidelity High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	FDVV
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$135.7bn	$10.2bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	FDVV
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		87%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		33.8%

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 FDVV 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 FDVV

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 FDVV

NVIDIA CORP 6.57%

APPLE INC 6.18%

MICROSOFT CORP 4.88%

BROADCOM INC 3.11%

JPMORGAN CHASE and CO 2.76%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.66%

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.96%

COCA COLA CO 1.96%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF FDVV Fidelity High Dividend ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Fidelity

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of High Dividend

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +13.5%

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% 0.15%

Holdings 13469 95

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and FDVV as of Sep 30, 2026 $139.4bn $10.2bn

AGG and FDVV 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.

FDVV

FDVV tracks an index of High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 95 positions, with the top ten at 33.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or FDVV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and FDVV +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or FDVV?: 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 ↗

FDVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FDVV 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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