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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IWF +0.9%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or IWF?

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.

Across categories

AGG vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to IWF's +0.9%; 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 $124.7bn for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.3 points; AGG is 1.1 times larger.

AGG vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	IWF
Return
Measure	AGG	IWF
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+0.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	IWF
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	IWF
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Russell 1000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	IWF
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$124.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	IWF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		57.5%

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

What they share

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

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 IWF

NVIDIA 15.30%

APPLE 8.18%

MICROSOFT 5.94%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.62%

BROADCOM INC 4.79%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.53%

TESLA INC 3.58%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.36%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth 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 growth

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +0.9%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +1.1% (VONG)

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

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.18%

Holdings 13469 374

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $124.7bn

AGG and IWF 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.

IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested, against +1.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or IWF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IWF +0.9%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or IWF?: 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 IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

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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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