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BOND vs VHT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to VHT's +25.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $8.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund, and $19.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Health Care ETF.

At a glance
−1.4%
BOND total return, 1 year
+25.0%
VHT total return, 1 year
0.54%
BOND expense ratio
0.09%
VHT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VHT costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.4 points.

BOND vs VHT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBONDVHT
Return
Total return, 1 year−1.4%+25.0%
Drawdown
Below its high3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.54%0.09%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and VHT as of Sep 30, 2026$8.3bn$19.1bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight86%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund51.8%

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

What they share

0%

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND VHT
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BOND
UMBS, TBA 5.56%
PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%
UMBS, TBA 3.46%
United States Treasury 3.40%
UMBS, TBA 2.73%
United States Treasury 2.57%
UMBS, TBA 2.54%
UMBS, TBA 2.27%
Only in VHT
Eli Lilly & Co 12.95%
Johnson & Johnson 8.79%
AbbVie Inc 6.46%
Merck & Co Inc 5.02%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 4.66%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 3.51%
Amgen Inc 3.18%
Gilead Sciences Inc 2.59%
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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund VHT Vanguard Health Care ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Health Care
Total return, 1 year −1.4% +25.0%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +25.4% (FHLC)
Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG −0.4 pts vs FHLC
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.09%
Holdings 1565 414
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and VHT as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.3bn $19.1bn

BOND and VHT 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.

VHT

VHT tracks an index of Health Care. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.0% with distributions reinvested, against +25.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 414 positions, with the top ten at 51.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or VHT?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and VHT +25.0%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or VHT?
VHT is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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