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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and GRNY +6.5%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or GRNY?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.72 percentage points a year. That is about $72 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs GRNY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to GRNY's +6.5%; 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 $4.3bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+6.5%

GRNY total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.75%

GRNY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.72 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.9 points.

AGG vs GRNY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	GRNY
Return
Measure	AGG	GRNY
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+6.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	GRNY
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	3.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	GRNY
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	GRNY
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.75%
Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and GRNY as of Jul 31, 2026	$139.4bn	$4.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	GRNY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		26.5%

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 GRNY 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 GRNY

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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 GRNY

Arista Networks Inc 2.92%

General Electric Co 2.76%

JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.66%

Packaging Corp of America 2.66%

PNC Financial Services Group I 2.63%

Eli Lilly & Co 2.61%

Robinhood Markets Inc 2.61%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp 2.59%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF GRNY Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Fundstrat

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

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +6.5%

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% 0.75%

Holdings 13469 43

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and GRNY as of Jul 31, 2026 $139.4bn $4.3bn

AGG and GRNY 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.

GRNY

GRNY is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +6.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 43 positions, with the top ten at 26.5%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or GRNY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and GRNY +6.5%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or GRNY?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.72 percentage points a year. That is about $72 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 ↗

GRNY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GRNY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fundstrat 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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