Which returned more over the last year, CORP or QLTA?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORP returned −1.8% and QLTA −2.4%.

Which is cheaper, CORP or QLTA?

QLTA is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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CORP vs QLTA: Differences, Returns & Fees

CORP's duration was 5.7 years on Jun 30, 2026 and QLTA's 6.5 on Jul 31, 2026; QLTA charges 0.15% to CORP's 0.41%. Net assets: $1.6bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund, and $1.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF.

QLTA costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points.

CORP vs QLTA: Differences, Returns & Fees
	CORP	QLTA
Expense ratio	0.41%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.6bn	$1.6bn
Total return, 1 year	−1.8%	−2.4%
What it tracks	ICE BofA US Corporate Index	Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Aaa - A Capped Index
Holdings in common	11%
Below its high	4.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026	6.6%, high on Aug 6, 2020

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

−1.8%

CORP total return, 1 year

−2.4%

QLTA total return, 1 year

0.41%

CORP expense ratio

0.15%

QLTA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CORP and QLTA hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CORP QLTA

Wells Fargo & Co., due Jul 25, 2033 0.30% 0.12%

Wells Fargo & Co., due Apr 24, 2034 0.13% 0.11%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., due Feb 24, 2033 0.39% 0.10%

Meta Platforms, Inc., due Nov 15, 2032 0.14% 0.10%

Alphabet, Inc., due Feb 15, 2056 0.10% 0.10%

Bank of America Corp., due Apr 25, 2034 0.17% 0.10%

Bank of America Corp., due Jan 23, 2035 0.26% 0.10%

Bank of America Corp., due Jul 22, 2033 0.25% 0.10%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., due Apr 22, 2032 0.14% 0.10%

Microsoft Corp., due Jun 1, 2050 0.11% 0.09%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., due Jan 21, 2032 0.21% 0.09%

Wells Fargo & Co., due Jul 25, 2028 0.09% 0.09%

Only in CORP

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2035 2.53%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2036 2.26%

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, due Jan 15, 2034 1.28%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2055 1.23%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 31, 2031 1.11%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Aug 15, 2042 0.95%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2044 0.93%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2056 0.58%

Only in QLTA

Broadcom Inc, due Jul 15, 2032 0.27%

Broadcom Inc, due Nov 15, 2035 0.22%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, due Feb 1, 2046 0.21%

NVIDIA Corp, due Jun 15, 2031 0.16%

Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2036 0.15%

Meta Platforms Inc, due May 15, 2056 0.15%

NVIDIA Corp, due Jun 15, 2036 0.15%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2053 0.15%

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On the same fields

CORP

PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund

QLTA

iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year −1.8% −2.4%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.6% (USIG) not published

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs USIG not available

Expense ratio 0.41% 0.15%

Holdings 1456 3514

Net assets, CORP as of Jun 30, 2026 and QLTA as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.6bn $1.2bn

CORP and QLTA on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About CORP

CORP tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.6% for its benchmark, the ICE BofA US Corporate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.41% a year. It sat 4.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About QLTA

QLTA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −2.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 6, 2020 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CORP or QLTA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORP returned −1.8% and QLTA −2.4%.
Which is cheaper, CORP or QLTA?: QLTA is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

CORP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CORP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗PIMCO website ↗QLTA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QLTA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for QLTA ↗

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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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