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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and ILF +17.2%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or ILF?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to ILF's +17.2%; 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 $3.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Latin America 40 ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+17.2%

ILF total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.47%

ILF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.44 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.6 points; AGG is far larger, $139.4bn against $3.5bn.

AGG vs ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	ILF
Return
Measure	AGG	ILF
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+17.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	ILF
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	13.7%, high on Oct 12, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	ILF
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	S&P Latin America 40
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	ILF
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$3.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	ILF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		55.6%

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

What they share

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

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 ILF

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 7.53%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO ADR REPTG PRE 6.95%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING ADR REP PRE 6.61%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO ADR REPTG SA 6.61%

VALE ADR REPRESENTING ONE 6.45%

GRUPO MEXICO B 6.26%

GPO FINANCE BANORTE 4.48%

CREDICORP LTD 3.96%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ILF iShares Latin America 40 ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of Latin America 40

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +17.2%

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% 0.47%

Holdings 13469 46

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and ILF as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $3.5bn

AGG and ILF 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.

ILF

ILF tracks an index of Latin America 40. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% 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 46 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%. It sat 13.7% below its high of Oct 12, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or ILF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and ILF +17.2%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or ILF?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.44 percentage points a year. That is about $44 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG and ILF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

ILF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ILF ↗

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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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