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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and IEF −3.2%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or IEF?

IEF is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 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 IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to IEF's −3.2%, and IEF charges 0.15% 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 $43.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

−3.2%

IEF total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.15%

IEF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEF costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points.

BOND vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	IEF
Return
Measure	BOND	IEF
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−3.2%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	IEF
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026	13.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	IEF
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	IEF
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.15%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and IEF as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.3bn	$43.5bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	IEF
Holdings in common	0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and IEF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND IEF

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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%

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

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

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

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

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

Only in IEF

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2036 9.31%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2035 8.74%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2034 8.63%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2035 8.52%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2034 8.31%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2035 8.25%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2035 8.21%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2034 8.12%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −3.2%

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% 0.15%

Holdings 1565 17

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and IEF as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.3bn $43.5bn

BOND and IEF 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.

IEF

IEF tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 13.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or IEF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and IEF −3.2%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or IEF?: IEF is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 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) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

IEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEF ↗

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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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