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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and SPSB +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or SPSB?

SPSB is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to SPSB's +2.2%; 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 $11.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; SPSB is 2.9 times larger.

AOR vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	SPSB
Return
Measure	AOR	SPSB
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+2.2%
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	SPSB
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	SPSB
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$11.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	SPSB
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 SPSB 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 SPSB

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 SPSB

SALESFORCE INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4.65 0.66%

AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA COMPANY GUAR 10/28 3 0.47%

PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER COMPANY GUAR 05/28 4.45 0.45%

AMAZON.COM INC SR UNSECURED 03/29 4 0.45%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP SR UNSECURED 12/28 VAR 0.45%

NVIDIA CORP SR UNSECURED 06/29 4.35 0.43%

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC SR UNSECURED 05/29 VAR 0.38%

ORACLE CORP SR UNSECURED 02/29 4.55 0.37%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI +3.6 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.04%

Holdings 7 1684

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPSB as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $11.3bn

AOR and SPSB 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%.

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or SPSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and SPSB +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or SPSB?: SPSB is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB 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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