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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and VCLT −5.9%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or VCLT?

VCLT is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 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 VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to VCLT's −5.9%, and VCLT charges 0.03% 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 $7.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

−5.9%

VCLT total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.03%

VCLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCLT costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points.

BOND vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	VCLT
Return
Measure	BOND	VCLT
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−5.9%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	VCLT
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026	17.8%, high on Sep 22, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	VCLT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	VCLT
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.03%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.3bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	VCLT
Holdings in common	1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and VCLT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND VCLT

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., due Jul 1, 2050 0.09% 0.15%

Energy Transfer LP, due Jun 15, 2048 0.13% 0.07%

Energy Transfer LP, due May 15, 2050 0.05% 0.09%

Energy Transfer LP, due May 15, 2054 0.05% 0.10%

Southern California Edison Co., due Apr 1, 2047 0.05% 0.07%

American Tower Corp., due Jan 15, 2051 0.03% 0.07%

Time Warner Cable LLC, due Jul 1, 2038 0.03% 0.10%

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., due Mar 22, 2054 0.02% 0.03%

Boeing Co., due May 1, 2054 0.02% 0.16%

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust, due Aug 15, 2038 0.02% 0.05%

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, due Nov 11, 2039 0.06% 0.02%

VICI Properties LP, due May 15, 2052 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 VCLT

ANHEUSER-BUSCH, due Feb 1, 2046 0.37%

META PLATFORMS, due Nov 15, 2055 0.28%

BOEING CO, due May 1, 2050 0.27%

PFIZER INVSTMNT, due May 19, 2053 0.27%

AMAZON.COM INC, due Mar 13, 2056 0.26%

ORACLE CORP, due Feb 4, 2056 0.24%

AT&T INC, due Sep 15, 2053 0.23%

AT&T INC, due Sep 15, 2055 0.23%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −5.9%

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% 0.03%

Holdings 1565 2562

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.3bn $7.5bn

BOND and VCLT 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.

VCLT

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or VCLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and VCLT −5.9%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or VCLT?: VCLT is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 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 ↗

VCLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCLT ↗

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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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