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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and VCLT −5.9%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or VCLT?

VCLT is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 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 VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to VCLT's −5.9%; 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 $7.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

−5.9%

VCLT total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.03%

VCLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCLT costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.7 points; VCLT is 1.9 times larger.

AOR vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	VCLT
Return
Measure	AOR	VCLT
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	−5.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	VCLT
Below its high		17.8%, high on Sep 22, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	VCLT
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	VCLT
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	VCLT
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 Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and VCLT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR VCLT

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 VCLT

MKTLIQ 1.03%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.37%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%

CVS Health Corp 0.33%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

AT&T Inc 0.24%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +7.8% −5.9%

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% 0.03%

Holdings 7 2562

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.9bn $7.5bn

AOR and VCLT 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%.

VCLT

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or VCLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and VCLT −5.9%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or VCLT?: VCLT is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

VCLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCLT ↗

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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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