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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and XLB +18.5%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or XLB?

XLB is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BOND vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to XLB's +18.5%; 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 $8.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

+18.5%

XLB total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.08%

XLB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLB costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.9 points.

BOND vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	XLB
Return
Measure	BOND	XLB
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+18.5%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	XLB
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	XLB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Materials Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	XLB
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.08%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and XLB as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.3bn	$8.1bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	XLB
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		58.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and XLB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND XLB

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 XLB

LINDE PLC 12.96%

NEWMONT CORP 6.56%

FREEPORT MCMORAN INC 5.23%

ECOLAB INC 4.98%

VULCAN MATERIALS CO 4.89%

NUCOR CORP 4.89%

AIR PRODUCTS + CHEMICALS INC 4.84%

STEEL DYNAMICS INC 4.77%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund XLB State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer PIMCO State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Materials

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +18.5%

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% 0.08%

Holdings 1565 25

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and XLB as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.3bn $8.1bn

BOND and XLB 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.

XLB

XLB tracks an index of Materials. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 25 positions, with the top ten at 58.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or XLB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and XLB +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or XLB?: XLB is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 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 ↗

XLB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLB 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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