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CORP vs UCON: Differences, Returns & Fees

CORP's duration was 5.7 years on Jun 30, 2026 and UCON's 4.4 on May 31, 2026; CORP charges 0.41% to UCON's 0.86%. Net assets: $1.6bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund, and $3.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Smith Unconstrained Bond ETF.

CORP costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points.

CORP vs UCON: Differences, Returns & Fees
CORPUCON
Expense ratio0.41%0.86%
Net assets, CORP as of Jun 30, 2026 and UCON as of Oct 9, 2026$1.6bn$3.1bn
Total return, 1 year−1.8%−0.7%
What it tracksICE BofA US Corporate IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common5%
Below its high4.1%, high on Feb 27, 20263.2%, high on Jun 29, 2026

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

−1.8%
CORP total return, 1 year
−0.7%
UCON total return, 1 year
0.41%
CORP expense ratio
0.86%
UCON expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CORP and UCON hold 5% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

half

5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CORP UCON
U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2036 2.26% 1.69%
U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2056 0.58% 2.12%
Carnival Corp. Ltd., due Aug 1, 2028 0.22% 0.35%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., due Jan 21, 2032 0.21% 0.18%
VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc., due Aug 15, 2030 0.15% 0.19%
AT&T, Inc., due Oct 30, 2036 0.15% 0.25%
PacifiCorp, due Aug 15, 2056 0.17% 0.14%
Wells Fargo & Co., due Apr 24, 2034 0.13% 0.16%
MPLX LP, due Feb 15, 2031 0.12% 0.24%
Energy Transfer LP, due Jan 15, 2031 0.12% 0.18%
Synopsys, Inc., due Apr 1, 2035 0.12% 0.24%
Bank of America Corp., due Apr 23, 2030 0.10% 0.38%
Only in CORP
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2035 2.53%
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%
Southern California Edison Co., due Mar 1, 2035 0.57%
Gulfstream Natural Gas System LLC, due Jul 23, 2035 0.46%
Only in UCON
T 3.375 02/29/28, due Feb 29, 2028 2.33%
T 4.625 11/15/45, due Nov 15, 2045 2.13%
T 3.875 04/30/31, due Apr 30, 2031 1.18%
FN BM7755, due Jun 1, 2064 0.96%
BA 7.008 05/01/64, due May 1, 2064 0.81%
FNR 2024-82 CF, due Nov 25, 2054 0.73%
ACI 6.5 02/15/28 144A, due Feb 15, 2028 0.71%
JANEST 7.125 04/30/31 144A, due Apr 30, 2031 0.67%

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On the same fields

CORP
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund
UCON
First Trust Smith Unconstrained Bond ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer PIMCO First Trust
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year −1.8% −0.7%
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% 0.86%
Holdings 1456 453
Net assets, CORP as of Jun 30, 2026 and UCON as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.6bn $3.1bn

CORP and UCON 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 UCON

UCON is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −0.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.86% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Jun 29, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CORP or UCON?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CORP returned −1.8% and UCON −0.7%.
Which is cheaper, CORP or UCON?
CORP 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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Where these figures came from
CORP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CORP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗PIMCO website ↗UCON filings on SEC EDGAR ↗UCON prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for UCON ↗

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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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