Which returned more over the last year, AOR or HYG?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and HYG +1.3%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or HYG?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs HYG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to HYG's +1.3%; 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 $17.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+1.3%

HYG total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.49%

HYG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.5 points; HYG is 4.5 times larger.

AOR vs HYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	HYG
Return
Measure	AOR	HYG
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+1.3%
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	HYG
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	HYG
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.49%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$17.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	HYG
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and HYG 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 AOR HYG

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 HYG

1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.56%

MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.44%

ECHOSTAR CORP 0.40%

QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 144A 0.35%

PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.34%

CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP LLC 144A 0.32%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 144A 0.32%

CENTENE CORPORATION 0.31%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate 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 US high yield bonds

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +1.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) −1.2% (IUSB)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI +2.5 pts vs IUSB

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.49%

Holdings 7 1332

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and HYG as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $17.5bn

AOR and HYG 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%.

HYG

HYG tracks an index of US high yield bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or HYG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and HYG +1.3%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or HYG?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AOR and HYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

HYG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HYG ↗

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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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