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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and XLV +25.6%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or XLV?

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 XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to XLV's +25.6%; 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 $47.0bn for State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+25.6%

XLV total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.08%

XLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 27.0 points; AGG is 3.0 times larger.

AGG vs XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	XLV
Return
Measure	AGG	XLV
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+25.6%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	XLV
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	XLV
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	Health Care Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	XLV
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$47.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	XLV
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		60.6%

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

What they share

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

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 XLV

ELI LILLY + CO 15.77%

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 9.96%

ABBVIE INC 7.78%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 5.66%

MERCK + CO. INC. 5.38%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 3.94%

AMGEN INC 3.72%

GILEAD SCIENCES INC 3.03%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF XLV State Street Health Care 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 Health care

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +25.6%

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 62

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $139.4bn $47.0bn

AGG and XLV 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.

XLV

XLV tracks an index of Health care. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.6% 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 62 positions, with the top ten at 60.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or XLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and XLV +25.6%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or XLV?: 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 ↗

XLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLV 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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