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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and VLUE +54.7%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or VLUE?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 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 VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to VLUE's +54.7%; 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 $9.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 56.1 points; AGG is 15.0 times larger.

AGG vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	VLUE
Return
Measure	AGG	VLUE
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+54.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	VLUE
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	VLUE
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	VLUE
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$9.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	VLUE
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		97%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		42.8%

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

What they share

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

Only in one fund ↓

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 VLUE

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 20.94%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%

GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.72%

AT&T 2.24%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.95%

PFIZER 1.86%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.77%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +54.7%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ +41.1 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.15%

Holdings 13469 148

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and VLUE as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $9.4bn

AGG and VLUE 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.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or VLUE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or VLUE?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG and VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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