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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and TIP −1.0%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or TIP?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs TIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to TIP's −1.0%; 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 $14.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares TIPS Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

−1.0%

TIP total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.18%

TIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.8 points; TIP is 3.7 times larger.

AOR vs TIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	TIP
Return
Measure	AOR	TIP
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	−1.0%
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	TIP
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	TIP
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$14.6bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	TIP
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 TIP 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 TIP

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 TIP

TREASURY (CPI) NOTE 4.07%

TREASURY (CPI) NOTE 4.00%

TREASURY (CPI) NOTE 3.99%

TREASURY (CPI) NOTE 3.75%

TREASURY (CPI) NOTE 3.44%

TREASURY (CPI) NOTE 3.38%

TREASURY (CPI) NOTE 3.27%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF TIP iShares TIPS 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 TIPS Bond

Total return, 1 year +7.8% −1.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) −0.8% (VTP)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI −0.2 pts vs VTP

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.18%

Holdings 7 48

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and TIP as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $14.6bn

AOR and TIP 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%.

TIP

TIP tracks an index of TIPS Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against −0.8% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or TIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and TIP −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or TIP?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 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 →TIP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AOR dividend history →AOR holdings →TIP dividend history →TIP holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AOR and TIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

TIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for TIP ↗

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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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