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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IWO +7.9%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or IWO?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs IWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to IWO's +7.9%; 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 $14.0bn for iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+7.9%

IWO total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.24%

IWO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.3 points; AGG is 10.0 times larger.

AGG vs IWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	IWO
Return
Measure	AGG	IWO
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+7.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	IWO
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	9.9%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	IWO
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Russell 2000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	IWO
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$14.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	IWO
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		6.4%

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

What they share

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

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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 IWO

JFROG 0.74%

TWIST BIOSCIENCE 0.71%

GLAUKOS 0.70%

MOOG INC CLASS A 0.68%

BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.66%

10X GENOMICS CLASS A 0.61%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 0.60%

INTERDIGITAL INC 0.58%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF IWO iShares Russell 2000 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 2000 Growth

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +7.9%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +8.0% (VTWG)

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

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.24%

Holdings 13469 1122

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $14.0bn

AGG and IWO 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.

IWO

IWO tracks the Russell 2000 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested, against +8.0% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% 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 1,122 positions, with the top ten at 6.4%. It sat 9.9% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or IWO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and IWO +7.9%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or IWO?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG and IWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

IWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWO ↗

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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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