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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IGSB +1.3%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or IGSB?

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.

Across categories

AGG vs IGSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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On Aug 31, 2026 AGG's duration was 5.8 years and IGSB's 2.7; AGG charges 0.03% to IGSB's 0.04%.

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Net assets: $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $23.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+1.3%

IGSB total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.04%

IGSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points; AGG is 5.9 times larger.

AGG vs IGSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	IGSB
Return
Measure	AGG	IGSB
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+1.3%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	IGSB
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	IGSB
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	IGSB
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$139.3bn	$23.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	IGSB
Holdings in common	10%

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 IGSB

Return

Total return edge AGG (slight) +76.3% +72.0%

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

Price return edge IGSB −3.9% +2.8%

Risk

Volatility edge IGSB 5.3% 4.3%

Max drawdown edge IGSB −18.2% −11.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IGSB (slight) 0.26 0.29

Sortino edge IGSB (slight) 0.35 0.38

Calmar edge IGSB 0.16 0.24

Reading

AGG returned slightly more: +76.3% to +72.0%. IGSB swung less: 4.3% to 5.3%. IGSB fell less at its worst: −11.6% to −18.2%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: AGG vs IGSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	IGSB	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+76.3%	+72.0%	AGG (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.9%	+2.8%	AGG (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−3.9%	+2.8%	IGSB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	5.3%	4.3%	IGSB	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.0%	3.3%	IGSB	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.2%	−11.6%	IGSB	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.26	0.29	IGSB (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.35	0.38	IGSB (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.16	0.24	IGSB	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

10%

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and IGSB hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

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10% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG IGSB

T-Mobile USA Inc, due Apr 15, 2030 0.02% 0.17%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp, due Jul 15, 2031 0.02% 0.15%

Bank of America Corp, due Dec 20, 2028 0.02% 0.14%

AbbVie Inc, due Nov 21, 2029 0.02% 0.13%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The, due Jan 21, 2029 0.02% 0.10%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The, due Jan 21, 2032 0.02% 0.11%

Bank of America Corp, due Apr 22, 2032 0.02% 0.11%

Morgan Stanley, due Jul 21, 2032 0.02% 0.07%

NVIDIA Corp, due Jun 15, 2031 0.01% 0.11%

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, due Jun 15, 2030 0.01% 0.10%

Morgan Stanley, due Jan 22, 2031 0.01% 0.08%

JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Oct 15, 2030 0.01% 0.09%

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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 Feb 28, 2030 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%

Only in IGSB

Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl, due Aug 17, 2030 0.29%

Mars Inc, due Mar 1, 2030 0.12%

Bayer US Finance II LLC, due Dec 15, 2028 0.09%

QatarEnergy, due Jun 23, 2029 0.08%

UBS Group AG, due Apr 1, 2031 0.08%

Mars Inc, due Mar 1, 2028 0.08%

Saudi Arabian Oil Co, due Apr 16, 2029 0.08%

NTT Finance Corp, due Jul 16, 2030 0.07%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate 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 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +1.3%

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% 0.04%

Holdings 13469 4781

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and IGSB as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $23.7bn

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

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

What each follows. AGG follows Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and IGSB follows ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate Index.
Holdings in common. 10% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Aug 31, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AGG returned −1.4% and IGSB +1.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.7 points.

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.

IGSB

IGSB tracks an index of 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or IGSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IGSB +1.3%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or IGSB?: 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 IGSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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

iShares page for AGG ↗

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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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