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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and UBND −1.0%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or UBND?

UBND 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.

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BOND vs UBND: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to UBND's −1.0%, and UBND charges 0.40% to BOND's 0.54%.

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Net assets on Jun 30, 2026: $8.3bn for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund and $1.9bn for VictoryShares Core Plus Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

−1.0%

UBND total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.40%

UBND expense ratio

Pair scorecard

UBND costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; BOND is 4.4 times larger.

BOND vs UBND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	UBND
Return
Measure	BOND	UBND
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−1.0%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	UBND
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	UBND
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	UBND
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$8.3bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	UBND
Holdings in common	2%

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

Risk and return

Oct 15, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026 · 262 weekly returns

BOND UBND

Return

Total return edge UBND +0.1% +2.9%

Annualized edge UBND 0.0% +0.6%

Price return edge UBND −19.7% −16.4%

Risk

Volatility edge UBND (slight) 6.0% 5.7%

Max drawdown edge UBND −19.0% −16.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge UBND (slight) −0.62 −0.56

Sortino edge UBND −0.81 −0.72

Calmar edge UBND 0.00 0.04

Reading

UBND returned more: +2.9% to +0.1%. UBND swung slightly less: 5.7% to 6.0%. UBND fell less at its worst: −16.3% to −19.0%.

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Risk and return: BOND vs UBND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	UBND	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+0.1%	+2.9%	UBND	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	0.0%	+0.6%	UBND	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−19.7%	−16.4%	UBND	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	6.0%	5.7%	UBND (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.6%	4.4%	UBND (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−19.0%	−16.3%	UBND	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	−0.62	−0.56	UBND (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	−0.81	−0.72	UBND	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.00	0.04	UBND	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 262 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and UBND hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND UBND

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2045 2.57% 0.84%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2046 0.73% 0.81%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2055 0.38% 0.15%

Discovery Global Holdings, Inc., due Jun 3, 2033 0.17% 0.10%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2056 0.09% 0.76%

Vantage Data Centers LLC, due Aug 15, 2055 0.06% 0.12%

Blue Owl Finance LLC, due Apr 18, 2034 0.05% 0.04%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., due Apr 25, 2035 0.10% 0.04%

VB-S1 Issuer LLC, due Mar 15, 2056 0.05% 0.03%

VB-S1 Issuer LLC, due Feb 15, 2057 0.03% 0.05%

Boston Properties LP, due Oct 1, 2033 0.05% 0.03%

VMware LLC, due Aug 15, 2031 0.03% 0.02%

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%

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%

Only in UBND

U S TREASURY BONDS, due Nov 15, 2039 2.23%

U S TREASURY BOND, due May 15, 2037 1.85%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due May 15, 2033 1.43%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Feb 15, 2036 1.19%

U S TREASURY BONDS, due Feb 15, 2036 1.07%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due May 15, 2035 1.01%

U S TREASURY NOTE, due Aug 15, 2035 0.90%

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, due Nov 1, 2055 0.89%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund UBND VictoryShares Core Plus Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO VictoryShares

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −1.0%

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% 0.40%

Holdings 1565 1529

Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $8.3bn $1.9bn

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

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BOND and UBND are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Holdings in common. 2% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026).
Cost. BOND charges 0.54% of assets a year and UBND 0.40%, a gap of 0.14 points.
Size. BOND has $8.3bn in net assets and UBND $1.9bn (net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026); BOND is 4.4 times larger.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

UBND

UBND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or UBND?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and UBND −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or UBND?: UBND 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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Sources and dates

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

UBND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

UBND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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