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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or VT?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to VT's +13.5%; 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.9 points; AGG is 1.7 times larger.

AGG vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	VT
Return
Measure	AGG	VT
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	VT
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	VT
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	VT
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$135.7bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	VT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		55%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		22.5%

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 VT 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 VT

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 VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index 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 Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +13.5%

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% 0.06%

Holdings 13469 10194

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $139.4bn $81.8bn

AGG and VT 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.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or VT?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 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 ↗

VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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