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

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

Which is cheaper, AGG or URTH?

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.

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AGG vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to URTH'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 $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.5 points; AGG is 15.8 times larger.

AGG vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	URTH
Return
Measure	AGG	URTH
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	URTH
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	URTH
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	URTH
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	URTH
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		69%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		27.2%

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

What they share

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

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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 URTH

APPLE 5.60%

NVIDIA 5.50%

MICROSOFT 4.12%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07%

BROADCOM INC 1.70%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.24%

Holdings 13469 1254

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $8.9bn

AGG and URTH 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.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

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

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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