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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and IGSB +1.3%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or IGSB?

IGSB is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 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 IGSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to IGSB's +1.3%, and IGSB charges 0.04% 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 $23.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

+1.3%

IGSB total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.04%

IGSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IGSB costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points.

BOND vs IGSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	IGSB
Return
Measure	BOND	IGSB
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+1.3%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	IGSB
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	IGSB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate Index
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	IGSB
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.04%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and IGSB as of Oct 28, 2026	$8.3bn	$23.7bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	IGSB
Holdings in common	3%

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 IGSB 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 IGSB

Eagle Funding Luxco SARL, due Aug 17, 2030 0.15% 0.29%

Bank of America Corp., due Apr 25, 2029 0.10% 0.10%

Bayer U.S. Finance II LLC, due Dec 15, 2028 0.16% 0.09%

Salesforce, Inc., due Mar 15, 2028 0.08% 0.08%

Broadcom, Inc., due Feb 15, 2031 0.11% 0.06%

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., due Mar 10, 2029 0.06% 0.06%

Morgan Stanley, due Oct 18, 2028 0.24% 0.06%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., due Aug 23, 2028 0.12% 0.06%

JPMorgan Chase & Co., due Jun 14, 2030 0.14% 0.05%

Barclays PLC, due Mar 12, 2030 0.09% 0.05%

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, due Nov 7, 2028 0.09% 0.05%

Santander U.K. Group Holdings PLC, due Jan 10, 2029 0.10% 0.04%

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%

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 IGSB

T-Mobile USA Inc, due Apr 15, 2030 0.17%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp, due Jul 15, 2031 0.15%

Bank of America Corp, due Dec 20, 2028 0.14%

Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2031 0.13%

AbbVie Inc, due Nov 21, 2029 0.13%

Mars Inc, due Mar 1, 2030 0.12%

CVS Health Corp, due Mar 25, 2028 0.12%

Amazon.com Inc, due Jul 9, 2031 0.12%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +1.3%

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% 0.04%

Holdings 1565 4781

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and IGSB as of Oct 28, 2026 $8.3bn $23.7bn

BOND and IGSB 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.

IGSB

IGSB tracks an index of 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or IGSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and IGSB +1.3%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or IGSB?: IGSB is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 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 →IGSB on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →BOND dividend history →BOND holdings →IGSB dividend history →IGSB holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

IGSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IGSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGSB ↗

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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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