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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IJT +15.4%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or IJT?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 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 IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to IJT's +15.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $139.4bn for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and $7.5bn for iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+15.4%

IJT total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.18%

IJT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.8 points; AGG is 18.6 times larger.

AGG vs IJT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	IJT
Return
Measure	AGG	IJT
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+15.4%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	IJT
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	8.2%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	IJT
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	IJT
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	IJT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		9.6%

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

What they share

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

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 IJT

VIASAT INC 1.18%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 1.11%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 1.10%

TG THERAPEUTICS 0.97%

ETSY 0.91%

ALKERMES 0.90%

GLAUKOS 0.90%

ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS CORP 0.88%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +15.4%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +15.6% (SLYG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ −0.2 pts vs SLYG

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.18%

Holdings 13469 369

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $7.5bn

AGG and IJT 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.

IJT

IJT tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% 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 369 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 8.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or IJT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IJT +15.4%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or IJT?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG and IJT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

IJT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJT ↗

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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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