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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and SPSB +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or SPSB?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 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 SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AGG's duration was 5.8 years on Aug 31, 2026 and SPSB's 1.8 on Jun 30, 2026; AGG charges 0.03% to SPSB's 0.04%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $139.4bn for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and $11.3bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points; AGG is 12.3 times larger.

AGG vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	SPSB
Return
Measure	AGG	SPSB
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	SPSB
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	SPSB
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	SPSB
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$11.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	SPSB
Holdings in common	5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and SPSB hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG SPSB

Bank of America Corp, due Dec 20, 2028 0.02% 0.42%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The, due Jan 21, 2029 0.02% 0.31%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2028 0.01% 0.37%

Morgan Stanley, due Jul 22, 2028 0.01% 0.18%

Amgen Inc, due Mar 2, 2028 0.01% 0.25%

CVS Health Corp, due Mar 25, 2028 0.01% 0.27%

Cigna Group/The, due Oct 15, 2028 0.01% 0.21%

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2028 0.01% 0.44%

Bank of America Corp, due Sep 15, 2029 0.01% 0.14%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The, due May 1, 2029 0.01% 0.30%

Citigroup Inc, due Sep 29, 2027 0.01% 0.17%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Jul 25, 2029 0.01% 0.25%

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Only in AGG

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2035 0.41%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2034 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 28, 2030 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2034 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2034 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2036 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2035 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2033 0.38%

Only in SPSB

JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Jul 25, 2028 0.38%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Jul 25, 2028 0.37%

Bank of America Corp, due Jul 22, 2028 0.36%

Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA, due Jul 6, 2028 0.31%

HSBC Holdings PLC, due Nov 3, 2028 0.23%

JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Jul 22, 2028 0.21%

US Bancorp, due Jul 22, 2028 0.19%

Bank of America Corp, due Jul 21, 2028 0.18%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ +3.6 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.04%

Holdings 13469 1684

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $11.3bn

AGG and SPSB 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.

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or SPSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and SPSB +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or SPSB?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 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 ↗

SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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