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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and SPHD +11.0%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or SPHD?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AOR and SPHD overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 95% of SPHD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs SPHD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to SPHD's +11.0%; 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 $3.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+11.0%

SPHD total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.30%

SPHD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; AOR is 1.2 times larger.

AOR vs SPHD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	SPHD
Return
Measure	AOR	SPHD
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+11.0%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	SPHD
Below its high		4.2%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	SPHD
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	SPHD
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.30%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$3.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	SPHD
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	28.2%

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

What they share

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

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 SPHD

Pfizer Inc 3.74%

Verizon Communications Inc 3.10%

Crown Castle Inc 2.97%

Kraft Heinz Co 2.89%

General Mills Inc 2.88%

Altria Group Inc 2.80%

VICI Properties Inc 2.78%

Comcast Corp 2.36%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +11.0%

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% 0.30%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 95.2%

Holdings 7 59

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPHD as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $3.3bn

AOR and SPHD 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%.

SPHD

SPHD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +11.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 59 positions, with the top ten at 28.2%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or SPHD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and SPHD +11.0%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or SPHD?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and SPHD overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 95% of SPHD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

AOR on its own →SPHD on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AOR dividend history →AOR holdings →SPHD dividend history →SPHD holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

SPHD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPHD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for SPHD ↗

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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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