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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IDEV +13.4%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or IDEV?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 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 IDEV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to IDEV's +13.4%; 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 $34.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+13.4%

IDEV total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.04%

IDEV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.8 points; AGG is 4.1 times larger.

AGG vs IDEV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	IDEV
Return
Measure	AGG	IDEV
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+13.4%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	IDEV
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	IDEV
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	MSCI World ex USA Investable Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	IDEV
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$139.3bn	$33.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	IDEV
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		10.9%

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

What they share

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

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 IDEV

ASML HOLDING 2.23%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.18%

SHELL 1.06%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.03%

NOVARTIS AG 1.00%

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.98%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 0.90%

NESTLE SA 0.90%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +13.4%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ −0.9 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.04%

Holdings 13469 2317

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and IDEV as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $34.0bn

AGG and IDEV 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.

IDEV

IDEV tracks the MSCI International Developed Markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,317 positions, with the top ten at 10.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or IDEV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IDEV +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or IDEV?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG and IDEV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

IDEV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IDEV ↗

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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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