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AOR vs GOVT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to GOVT's −1.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $42.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF.

AOR on its own →GOVT on its own →
At a glance
+7.8%
AOR total return, 1 year
−1.5%
GOVT total return, 1 year
0.15%
AOR expense ratio
0.05%
GOVT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GOVT costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.3 points; GOVT is 11.0 times larger.

AOR vs GOVT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAORGOVT
Return
Total return, 1 year+7.8%−1.5%
Drawdown
Below its high8.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
What it tracks60/40 Balanced AllocationICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.15%0.05%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$3.9bn$42.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund99.9%

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

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR GOVT
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AOR
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%
ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%
ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%
ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%
iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%
ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%
ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%
Only in GOVT
TREASURY NOTE 5.17%
TREASURY NOTE 2.98%
TREASURY NOTE 2.12%
TREASURY NOTE 1.95%
TREASURY NOTE 1.65%
TREASURY BOND 1.51%
TREASURY BOND 1.46%
TREASURY BOND 1.42%
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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits Allocation ETF Bond ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year +7.8% −1.5%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) not measured
Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI not measured
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.05%
Holdings 7 229
Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and GOVT as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $42.8bn

AOR and GOVT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

GOVT

GOVT tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or GOVT?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and GOVT −1.5%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or GOVT?
GOVT is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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AOR on its own →GOVT on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AOR dividend history →AOR holdings →GOVT dividend history →GOVT holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
AOR and GOVT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for AOR ↗
GOVT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for GOVT ↗

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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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