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AGG vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to XLRE's +4.3%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $139.4bn for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and $8.0bn for State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF.

AGG on its own →XLRE on its own →
At a glance
−1.4%
AGG total return, 1 year
+4.3%
XLRE total return, 1 year
0.03%
AGG expense ratio
0.08%
XLRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.7 points; AGG is 17.4 times larger.

AGG vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAGGXLRE
Return
Total return, 1 year−1.4%+4.3%
Drawdown
Below its high3.4%, high on Aug 4, 20207.7%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksBloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond IndexReal Estate Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.03%0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$139.4bn$8.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund58.9%

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

What they share

0%

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG XLRE
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 0.40%
TREASURY NOTE 0.39%
TREASURY NOTE 0.39%
TREASURY NOTE 0.38%
Only in XLRE
WELLTOWER INC 11.14%
PROLOGIS INC 8.19%
EQUINIX INC 6.72%
AMERICAN TOWER CORP 5.84%
PUBLIC STORAGE 4.87%
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC 4.76%
VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 4.42%
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC 4.34%
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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF XLRE State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks an index of Real estate
Total return, 1 year −1.4% +4.3%
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% 0.08%
Holdings 13469 31
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $8.0bn

AGG and XLRE 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.

XLRE

XLRE tracks an index of Real estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 31 positions, with the top ten at 58.9%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or XLRE?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and XLRE +4.3%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or XLRE?
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 filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for AGG ↗
XLRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XLRE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗

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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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