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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or VPL?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to VPL's +24.8%; 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 $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.2 points; AGG is 15.1 times larger.

AGG vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	VPL
Return
Measure	AGG	VPL
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	VPL
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020	7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	VPL
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	VPL
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$135.7bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	VPL
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		24.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and VPL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG VPL

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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 VPL

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 7.11%

SK hynix Inc 5.82%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.98%

BHP Group Ltd 1.69%

SLBBH1142 1.57%

Toyota Motor Corp 1.51%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.37%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.30%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of Pacific Stock

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +24.8%

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% 0.07%

Holdings 13469 2343

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $139.4bn $9.0bn

AGG and VPL 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.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or VPL?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 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 ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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