Are AGG and LYTE in the same category?

AGG is a bond ETF and LYTE is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which is cheaper, AGG or LYTE?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs LYTE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AGG and LYTE are measured over different days, and AGG charges 0.03% to LYTE's 0.65%.

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Net assets: $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $165m on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

−19.6%

LYTE total return, since launch, Aug 6, 2026

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.65%

LYTE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.62 points a year less; AGG is far larger, $139.4bn against $163m.

AGG vs LYTE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	LYTE
Return
Measure	AGG	LYTE
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	not published
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	LYTE
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Below its all-time high		28.5%, high on Aug 17, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	LYTE
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Photonics and optics
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	LYTE
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$163m
Holdings
Measure	AGG	LYTE
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF LYTE Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer iShares Roundhill

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Photonics and optics

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −19.6% (since launch, Aug 6, 2026)

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% 0.65%

Holdings 13469 not yet filed

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and LYTE as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $165m

AGG and LYTE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for LYTE.

Alert

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.

LYTE

LYTE has no public holdings filing captured yet. Since it first traded on Aug 6, 2026 the fund returned −19.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 28.5% below its all-time high of Aug 17, 2026.

Questions people ask

Are AGG and LYTE in the same category?: AGG is a bond ETF and LYTE is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, AGG or LYTE?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.62 percentage points a year. That is about $62 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

LYTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

LYTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Roundhill page for LYTE ↗

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