Which returned more over the last year, JBND or SPAB?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JBND returned −1.1% and SPAB −1.6%.

Which is cheaper, JBND or SPAB?

SPAB is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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JBND vs SPAB: Differences, Returns & Fees

JBND's duration was 6.2 years on May 31, 2026 and SPAB's 5.9 on Jun 30, 2026; SPAB charges 0.03% to JBND's 0.25%. Net assets: $8.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for JPMorgan Active Bond ETF, and $9.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF.

SPAB costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; SPAB is 1.1 times larger.

	JBND	SPAB
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$8.8bn	$9.9bn
Total return, 1 year	−1.1%	−1.6%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ?
Holdings in common	9%
Below its high	4.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026	4.9%, high on Aug 4, 2020

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

−1.1%

JBND total return, 1 year

−1.6%

SPAB total return, 1 year

0.25%

JBND expense ratio

0.03%

SPAB expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JBND and SPAB hold 9% 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.

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half

9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JBND SPAB

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2033 1.79% 0.37%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2034 1.86% 0.37%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Dec 31, 2030 0.45% 0.34%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2034 1.49% 0.34%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 31, 2029 1.69% 0.31%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2032 1.46% 0.31%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Oct 31, 2030 0.67% 0.27%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2034 0.27% 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2033 0.31% 0.24%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 31, 2030 0.68% 0.23%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Oct 31, 2030 0.34% 0.21%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Dec 31, 2031 0.45% 0.21%

Only in JBND

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Feb 15, 2036 1.21%

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Aug 15, 2037 0.90%

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Feb 15, 2038 0.89%

FNMA/FHLMC UMBS, Single Family, 30 Year, due Jun 25, 2056 0.79%

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Nov 15, 2030 0.76%

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Nov 15, 2037 0.72%

U.S. Treasury STRIPS Bonds, due Aug 15, 2035 0.69%

FNMA/FHLMC UMBS, Single Family, 30 Year, due Jun 25, 2056 0.61%

Only in SPAB

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Dec 15, 2028 0.79%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jan 31, 2028 0.42%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Dec 31, 2027 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2028 0.38%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2034 0.37%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2036 0.36%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 31, 2028 0.34%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 28, 2031 0.34%

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On the same fields

JBND

JPMorgan Active Bond ETF

SPAB

State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer JPMorgan State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year −1.1% −1.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −18.4 pts −18.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.03%

Holdings 1757 8690

Net assets, JBND as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPAB as of Oct 8, 2026 $8.9bn $9.9bn

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

JBND in plain words

JBND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.1% with distributions reinvested, against −1.6% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. It sat 4.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SPAB in plain words

SPAB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.6% with distributions reinvested, against −1.6% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ?. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JBND or SPAB?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JBND returned −1.1% and SPAB −1.6%.
Which is cheaper, JBND or SPAB?: SPAB is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

JBND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JBND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗JPMorgan website ↗SPAB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPAB 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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