Are AGG and FLSP in the same category?

AGG is a bond ETF and FLSP is an alternatives ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and FLSP +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or FLSP?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs FLSP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AGG returned +0.2% to FLSP's +12.2%, and AGG charges 0.03% to FLSP's 0.65%.

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Net assets: $139.1bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $1.2bn on Nov 3, 2026 for Franklin Systematic Style Premia ETF.

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At a glance

+0.2%

AGG total return, 1 year

+12.2%

FLSP total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.65%

FLSP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.62 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.0 points; AGG is far larger, $138.8bn against $1.2bn.

AGG vs FLSP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	FLSP
Return
Measure	AGG	FLSP
Total return, 1 year	+0.2%	+12.2%
Total return, 52 weeks		+11.6%
Against its benchmark
Measure	AGG	FLSP
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	not published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks		+3.7%
Against cash		7.9 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	FLSP
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$138.8bn	$1.2bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	FLSP
Holdings in common	not published
Risk
Measure	AGG	FLSP
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns		−0.13
Beta to the S&P 500		−0.06: about 0.06% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell		rose 0.23%
Down-week capture		−21.2%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell		26 of 52, by 1.07% on average

Method

Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF FLSP Franklin Systematic Style Premia ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Alternatives ETF

Issuer iShares Franklin

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Multi-strategy

Total return, 1 year +0.2% +12.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +0.2% (SCHZ) not measured

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs SCHZ not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.65%

Holdings 13462 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, AGG as of Nov 4, 2026 and FLSP as of Nov 3, 2026 $139.1bn $1.2bn

AGG and FLSP on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +0.2% with distributions reinvested, against +0.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

FLSP

FLSP is a multi-strategy fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of −0.13 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of −0.06, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.06% the other way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks FLSP rose 0.23% on average, a down-week capture of −21.2%. Over the same 52 weeks FLSP returned +11.6% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 7.9 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are AGG and FLSP in the same category?: AGG is a bond ETF and FLSP is an alternatives ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, AGG or FLSP?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned +0.2% and FLSP +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or FLSP?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 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 ↗

FLSP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FLSP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Franklin website ↗

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