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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IEI −1.1%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or IEI?

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 IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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On Aug 31, 2026 AGG's duration was 5.8 years and IEI's 4.3; AGG charges 0.03% to IEI's 0.15%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $139.4bn for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and $17.0bn for iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

−1.1%

IEI total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.15%

IEI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; AGG is 8.2 times larger.

AGG vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	IEI
Return
Measure	AGG	IEI
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−1.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	IEI
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	IEI
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	IEI
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$17.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	IEI
Holdings in common	16%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jan 19, 2007 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,031 weekly returns

AGG IEI

Return

Total return edge AGG (slight) +76.3% +71.7%

Annualized edge AGG (slight) +2.9% +2.8%

Price return edge IEI −3.9% +14.9%

Risk

Volatility edge IEI 5.3% 3.8%

Max drawdown edge IEI −18.2% −14.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IEI 0.26 0.31

Sortino edge IEI 0.35 0.45

Calmar edge IEI 0.16 0.20

Reading

AGG returned slightly more: +76.3% to +71.7%. IEI swung less: 3.8% to 5.3%. IEI fell less at its worst: −14.1% to −18.2%.

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Risk and return: AGG vs IEI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	IEI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+76.3%	+71.7%	AGG (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.9%	+2.8%	AGG (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−3.9%	+14.9%	IEI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	5.3%	3.8%	IEI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.0%	2.6%	IEI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.2%	−14.1%	IEI	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.26	0.31	IEI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.35	0.45	IEI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.16	0.20	IEI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,031 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and IEI hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG IEI

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 28, 2030 0.40% 2.29%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2032 0.32% 2.09%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 31, 2030 0.32% 0.58%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 31, 2031 0.31% 0.33%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2031 0.31% 1.07%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2031 0.31% 2.26%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2033 0.31% 2.17%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 28, 2031 0.30% 1.12%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2033 0.30% 2.10%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Dec 31, 2030 0.30% 0.70%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Mar 31, 2031 0.29% 1.04%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2032 0.28% 2.30%

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Only in AGG

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2035 0.41%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2034 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2034 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2034 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2036 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2035 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2033 0.38%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2035 0.38%

Only in IEI

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −1.1%

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 82

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $17.0bn

AGG and IEI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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AGG and IEI do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. AGG follows Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and IEI follows ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index.
Holdings in common. 16% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Aug 31, 2026).
Number of holdings. AGG holds 13,469 positions and IEI holds 82.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

IEI

IEI tracks an index of 3-7 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or IEI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IEI −1.1%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or IEI?: 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 and IEI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG and IEI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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