Which returned more over the last year, BOND or FBND?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and FBND −1.5%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or FBND?

FBND is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BOND vs FBND: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to FBND's −1.5%, and FBND charges 0.36% to BOND's 0.54%.

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Net assets: $8.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund, and $27.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Total Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

−1.5%

FBND total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.36%

FBND expense ratio

Pair scorecard

FBND costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points.

BOND vs FBND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	FBND
Return
Measure	BOND	FBND
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−1.5%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	FBND
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	FBND
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	FBND
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.36%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and FBND as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.3bn	$27.9bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	FBND
Holdings in common	3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Oct 17, 2014 to Oct 23, 2026 · 627 weekly returns

BOND FBND

Return

Total return edge FBND +27.8% +31.8%

Annualized edge FBND +2.1% +2.3%

Price return edge FBND −19.2% −12.7%

Risk

Volatility edge BOND (slight) 5.1% 5.7%

Max drawdown edge FBND −19.5% −16.8%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FBND 0.01 0.06

Sortino edge FBND 0.01 0.08

Calmar edge FBND 0.11 0.14

Reading

FBND returned more: +31.8% to +27.8%. BOND swung slightly less: 5.1% to 5.7%. FBND fell less at its worst: −16.8% to −19.5%.

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Risk and return: BOND vs FBND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	FBND	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+27.8%	+31.8%	FBND	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.1%	+2.3%	FBND	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−19.2%	−12.7%	FBND	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	5.1%	5.7%	BOND (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	3.8%	4.1%	BOND (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−19.5%	−16.8%	FBND	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.01	0.06	FBND	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.01	0.08	FBND	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.11	0.14	FBND	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 627 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and FBND hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND FBND

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2055 0.38% 0.93%

Wells Fargo & Co., due Jul 25, 2033 0.28% 0.15%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Sep 1, 2056 2.54% 0.12%

Broadcom, Inc., due Feb 15, 2031 0.11% 0.19%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., due Feb 24, 2033 0.12% 0.11%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2046 0.73% 0.11%

Barclays PLC, due Mar 12, 2030 0.09% 0.18%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2056 0.09% 0.90%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2045 2.57% 0.09%

JPMorgan Chase & Co., due Apr 22, 2036 0.28% 0.09%

BNP Paribas SA, due Jan 13, 2033 0.08% 0.08%

Subway Funding LLC, due Jul 30, 2054 0.06% 0.08%

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Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 5.56%

PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 3.46%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2043 3.39%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.73%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.27%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Aug 15, 2044 1.94%

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, due Jan 15, 2034 1.93%

Only in FBND

UST NOTES 4.375% 05/15/2036, due May 15, 2036 2.73%

UST NOTES 4.125% 02/15/2036, due Feb 15, 2036 2.04%

UMBS 30YR 2% 09/01/2056 #TBA, due Sep 1, 2056 1.99%

UST NOTES 4.25% 08/15/2035, due Aug 15, 2035 1.97%

UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 4.25% 02/15/2054, due Feb 15, 2054 1.37%

UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 5% 05/15/2056, due May 15, 2056 1.36%

UST NOTES 3.875% 12/31/2032, due Dec 31, 2032 1.36%

GNII II 5.5% 09/01/2056 #TBA, due Sep 1, 2056 1.28%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund FBND Fidelity Total Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO Fidelity

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −1.5%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG not measured

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.36%

Holdings 1565 4696

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and FBND as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.3bn $27.9bn

BOND and FBND on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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BOND and FBND are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Holdings in common. 3% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026).
Number of holdings. BOND holds 1,565 positions and FBND holds 4696.
Cost. BOND charges 0.54% of assets a year and FBND 0.36%, a gap of 0.18 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

BOND

BOND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. It sat 3.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

FBND

FBND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or FBND?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and FBND −1.5%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or FBND?: FBND is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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FBND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FBND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Fidelity website ↗

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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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