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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IWB +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or IWB?

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.

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AGG vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to IWB's +13.1%; 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 $49.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+13.1%

IWB total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.15%

IWB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.5 points; AGG is 2.9 times larger.

AGG vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	IWB
Return
Measure	AGG	IWB
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	IWB
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	IWB
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Russell 1000 Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	IWB
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$139.3bn	$48.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	IWB
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		35.3%

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

What they share

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

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 IWB

NVIDIA 7.15%

APPLE 7.06%

MICROSOFT 5.56%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.46%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.63%

BROADCOM INC 2.24%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.12%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.92%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks the Russell 1000

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +13.2% (VONE)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ −0.1 pts vs VONE

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.15%

Holdings 13469 1025

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and IWB as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $49.1bn

AGG and IWB 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.

IWB

IWB tracks the Russell 1000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.2% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,025 positions, with the top ten at 35.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or IWB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IWB +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or IWB?: 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 IWB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

IWB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWB ↗

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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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