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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and JAAA +4.7%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or JAAA?

JAAA is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BOND vs JAAA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to JAAA's +4.7%, and JAAA charges 0.20% 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 $32.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

+4.7%

JAAA total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.20%

JAAA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

JAAA costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points.

BOND vs JAAA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	JAAA
Return
Measure	BOND	JAAA
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+4.7%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	JAAA
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	JAAA
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	JAAA
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.20%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and JAAA as of Oct 28, 2026	$8.3bn	$32.5bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	JAAA
Holdings in common	0%

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 JAAA hold 0% 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 JAAA

Madison Park Funding LVIII Ltd., due Apr 25, 2037 0.03% 0.43%

Greywolf CLO IV Ltd., due Apr 17, 2034 0.02% 0.03%

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 JAAA

KKR CLO 35 Ltd., Series 35A, Class AR, due Jan 20, 2038 0.85%

AB BSL CLO 1 Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A1R2, due Oct 15, 2038 0.78%

Anchorage Capital CLO 16 Ltd., Series 2020-16A, Class A1R2, due Jan 19, 2038 0.73%

Palmer Square CLO Ltd., Series 2018-2A, Class A1R2, due Apr 16, 2037 0.68%

Ares LXI CLO Ltd., Series 2021-61A, Class A1R2, due Apr 20, 2037 0.68%

Carlyle US CLO Ltd., Series 2021-8A, Class A1R, due Oct 15, 2038 0.62%

WISE CLO Ltd., Series 2024-1A, Class AR, due Apr 15, 2037 0.62%

Magnetite XXXII Ltd., Series 2022-32A, Class AR, due Oct 15, 2037 0.60%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund JAAA Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO Janus Henderson

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +4.7%

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% 0.20%

Holdings 1565 598

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and JAAA as of Oct 28, 2026 $8.3bn $32.5bn

BOND and JAAA 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.

JAAA

JAAA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or JAAA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and JAAA +4.7%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or JAAA?: JAAA is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 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 →JAAA on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →BOND dividend history →BOND holdings →JAAA dividend history →JAAA holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

JAAA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JAAA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson page for JAAA ↗

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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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