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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and USHY +1.7%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or USHY?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs USHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AGG's duration was 5.8 years on Aug 31, 2026 and USHY's 3.0 on Jul 31, 2026; AGG charges 0.03% to USHY's 0.08%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $139.4bn for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and $26.3bn for iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+1.7%

USHY total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.08%

USHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.1 points; AGG is 5.3 times larger.

AGG vs USHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	USHY
Return
Measure	AGG	USHY
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+1.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	USHY
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	USHY
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	USHY
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$26.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	USHY
Holdings in common	0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and USHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG USHY

Pilgrim's Pride Corp, due Apr 15, 2031 0.00% 0.05%

Pilgrim's Pride Corp, due Jul 1, 2033 0.00% 0.05%

Pilgrim's Pride Corp, due Mar 1, 2032 0.00% 0.05%

Pilgrim's Pride Corp, due May 15, 2034 0.00% 0.03%

SBA Communications Corp, due Feb 1, 2029 0.00% 0.08%

Seagate Data Storage Technology Pte Ltd, due Jul 15, 2030 0.00% 0.02%

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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 USHY

1261229 BC Ltd, due Apr 15, 2032 0.47%

Meridian Arc Holdco LLC, due Apr 30, 2031 0.39%

EchoStar Corp, due Nov 30, 2029 0.39%

Quikrete Holdings Inc, due Mar 1, 2032 0.29%

PR RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due May 1, 2031 0.28%

Asurion LLC/ Asurion Co-Issuer Inc, due Dec 31, 2032 0.26%

Cloud Software Group LLC, due Mar 31, 2029 0.26%

Cloud Software Group LLC, due Sep 30, 2029 0.25%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +1.7%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +1.8% (SPHY)

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

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.08%

Holdings 13469 1900

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $26.3bn

AGG and USHY 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.

USHY

USHY tracks an index of Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +1.8% for its benchmark, the ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index, measured by the closely related ICE BofA US High Yield Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or USHY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and USHY +1.7%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or USHY?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG and USHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

USHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for USHY ↗

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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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