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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to VXF's +10.6%; 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points; VXF is 7.7 times larger.

AOR vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	VXF
Return
Measure	AOR	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	VXF
Below its high		6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	VXF
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	VXF
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	VXF
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	11.3%

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 VXF 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 VXF

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 VXF

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.50%

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Snowflake Inc 1.42%

Cloudflare Inc 1.35%

Natera Inc 0.72%

Strategy Inc 0.67%

Astera Labs Inc 0.67%

Cheniere Energy Inc 0.67%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market 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 Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +10.6%

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% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 7 3361

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.9bn $30.2bn

AOR and VXF 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%.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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