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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and VGIT −1.5%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or VGIT?

VGIT 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 VGIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to VGIT's −1.5%; 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 $39.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

−1.5%

VGIT total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.03%

VGIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGIT costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.3 points; VGIT is 10.2 times larger.

AOR vs VGIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	VGIT
Return
Measure	AOR	VGIT
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	−1.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	VGIT
Below its high		3.5%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	VGIT
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	VGIT
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$39.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	VGIT
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 VGIT 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 VGIT

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 VGIT

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.91%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.87%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.85%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.83%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.82%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.81%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury 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 Intermediate-Term Treasury

Total return, 1 year +7.8% −1.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) −1.5% (SCHR)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI 0.0 pts vs SCHR

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%

Holdings 7 103

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VGIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.9bn $39.7bn

AOR and VGIT 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%.

VGIT

VGIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Treasury. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested, against −1.5% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or VGIT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and VGIT −1.5%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or VGIT?: VGIT 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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Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

VGIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VGIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VGIT ↗

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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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