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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCCR returned −1.7% and SPAB −1.6%.

Which is cheaper, SCCR or SPAB?

SPAB is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SCCR vs SPAB: Differences, Returns & Fees

On Jun 30, 2026 SCCR's duration was 5.8 years and SPAB's 5.9; SPAB charges 0.03% to SCCR's 0.16%. Net assets: $1.5bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Schwab Core Bond ETF, and $9.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF.

SPAB costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; SPAB is 6.4 times larger.

	SCCR	SPAB
Expense ratio	0.16%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.5bn	$9.6bn
Total return, 1 year	−1.7%	−1.6%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ?
Holdings in common	5%
Below its high	4.5%, high on Feb 27, 2026	4.9%, high on Aug 4, 2020

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

−1.7%

SCCR total return, 1 year

−1.6%

SPAB total return, 1 year

0.16%

SCCR expense ratio

0.03%

SPAB expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCCR and SPAB 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 Jun 30, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SCCR SPAB

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Dec 31, 2027 1.49% 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 28, 2031 1.56% 0.34%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2031 2.22% 0.34%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2046 0.95% 0.32%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Mar 15, 2029 1.58% 0.31%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 29, 2028 2.31% 0.29%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2055 1.40% 0.24%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2055 1.30% 0.23%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jan 15, 2029 1.30% 0.17%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Aug 15, 2051 0.67% 0.12%

Fannie Mae Pool, due Apr 1, 2051 0.15% 0.12%

Fannie Mae Pool, due Oct 1, 2052 0.59% 0.12%

Only in SCCR

Freddie Mac Pool, due Aug 1, 2052 1.12%

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, due Oct 15, 2028 0.82%

Fannie Mae Pool, due Oct 1, 2054 0.77%

American Airlines 2021-1 Class A Pass Through Trust, due Jul 11, 2034 0.75%

Bank of America Corp, due Apr 27, 2028 0.74%

Morgan Stanley, due Feb 1, 2029 0.72%

United Airlines 2019-2 Class AA Pass Through Trust, due May 1, 2032 0.69%

ILLINOIS ST, due Sep 1, 2028 0.64%

Only in SPAB

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

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 30, 2028 0.44%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Mar 31, 2031 0.43%

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

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

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2035 0.40%

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

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

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On the same fields

SCCR

Schwab Core Bond ETF

SPAB

State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Schwab State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year −1.7% −1.6%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −19.0 pts −18.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.16% 0.03%

Holdings 548 8690

Net assets, SCCR as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPAB as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.5bn $9.9bn

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

SCCR in plain words

SCCR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.6% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% a year. It sat 4.5% 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, SCCR or SPAB?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCCR returned −1.7% and SPAB −1.6%.
Which is cheaper, SCCR or SPAB?: SPAB is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

SCCR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCCR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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