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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or VPL?

VPL is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to VPL's +24.8%; 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 $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VPL costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.0 points; VPL is 2.3 times larger.

AOR vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	VPL
Return
Measure	AOR	VPL
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	VPL
Below its high		7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	VPL
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	VPL
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	VPL
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	24.8%

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 VPL 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 VPL

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 VPL

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 7.11%

SK hynix Inc 5.82%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.98%

BHP Group Ltd 1.69%

SLBBH1142 1.57%

Toyota Motor Corp 1.51%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.37%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.30%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks an index of Pacific Stock

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +24.8%

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% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 7 2343

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.9bn $9.0bn

AOR and VPL 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%.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or VPL?: VPL is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and VPL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 0% of VPL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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