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

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

Which is cheaper, BOND or GOVT?

GOVT is cheaper, by 0.49 percentage points a year. That is about $49 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BOND vs GOVT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to GOVT's −1.5%, and GOVT charges 0.05% 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 $42.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

−1.5%

GOVT total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.05%

GOVT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GOVT costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points.

BOND vs GOVT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	GOVT
Return
Measure	BOND	GOVT
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−1.5%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	GOVT
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026	8.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	GOVT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	GOVT
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.05%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and GOVT as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.3bn	$42.8bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	GOVT
Holdings in common	1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and GOVT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND GOVT

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2055 0.38% 0.43%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2056 0.09% 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2045 2.57% 0.04%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2043 3.39% 0.02%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2042 1.32% 0.01%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BOND

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%

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

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

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 GOVT

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2031 5.28%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2029 2.95%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2028 2.63%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2028 2.08%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2028 1.62%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2046 1.48%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2042 1.46%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2051 1.46%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond

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% 0.05%

Holdings 1565 229

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and GOVT as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.3bn $42.8bn

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

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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.

GOVT

GOVT tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or GOVT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and GOVT −1.5%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or GOVT?: GOVT is cheaper, by 0.49 percentage points a year. That is about $49 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

GOVT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GOVT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GOVT ↗

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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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