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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and JNK +1.7%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or JNK?

JNK is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BOND vs JNK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to JNK's +1.7%, and JNK charges 0.40% 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 $5.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

+1.7%

JNK total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.40%

JNK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

JNK costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.1 points.

BOND vs JNK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	JNK
Return
Measure	BOND	JNK
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+1.7%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	JNK
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	JNK
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg High Yield Very Liquid Index
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	JNK
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.40%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and JNK as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.3bn	$5.9bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	JNK
Holdings in common	0%

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

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND JNK

PacifiCorp, due Aug 15, 2056 0.12% 0.13%

Venture Global LNG, Inc., due Jan 15, 2030 0.07% 0.17%

PacifiCorp, due Sep 15, 2055 0.07% 0.10%

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, due Aug 15, 2031 0.08% 0.05%

FS KKR Capital Corp., due Aug 15, 2029 0.05% 0.08%

Vmed O2 U.K. Financing I PLC, due Apr 15, 2032 0.04% 0.07%

Jane Street Group/JSG Finance, Inc., due Apr 30, 2031 0.02% 0.24%

Rocket Cos., Inc., due Feb 1, 2032 0.01% 0.08%

Quikrete Holdings, Inc., due Mar 1, 2032 0.01% 0.40%

Centene Corp., due Aug 1, 2031 0.01% 0.12%

Quikrete Holdings, Inc., due Mar 1, 2033 0.00% 0.14%

Freedom Mortgage Holdings LLC, due Apr 1, 2032 0.07% 0.00%

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 JNK

1261229 BC Ltd, due Apr 15, 2032 0.63%

Meridian Arc Holdco LLC, due Apr 30, 2031 0.56%

EchoStar Corp, due Nov 30, 2029 0.51%

PR RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due May 1, 2031 0.48%

Cloud Software Group Inc, due Mar 31, 2029 0.41%

DISH Network Corp, due Nov 15, 2027 0.40%

SV RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due Mar 1, 2031 0.39%

Cloud Software Group Inc, due Sep 30, 2029 0.37%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +1.7%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG +3.1 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.40%

Holdings 1565 1142

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and JNK as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.3bn $5.9bn

BOND and JNK 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.

JNK

JNK tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or JNK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and JNK +1.7%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or JNK?: JNK is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

Sources and dates

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

JNK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JNK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street 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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