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TFLO vs YEAR: Differences, Returns & Fees

TFLO's duration was 0.0 years on Jul 31, 2026 and YEAR's 0.9 on May 31, 2026; TFLO charges 0.15% to YEAR's 0.25%. Net assets: $7.2bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF, and $1.6bn on Oct 19, 2026 for AB Ultra Short Income ETF.

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TFLO costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; TFLO is 4.5 times larger.

TFLO vs YEAR: Differences, Returns & Fees
TFLOYEAR
Expense ratio0.15%0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026$7.2bn$1.6bn
Total return, 1 year+4.0%+2.8%
What it tracksBloomberg U.S. Treasury Floating Rate IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in commonreport dates differ

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

+4.0%
TFLO total return, 1 year
+2.8%
YEAR total return, 1 year
0.15%
TFLO expense ratio
0.25%
YEAR expense ratio

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Client brief · page 1 of 2Report BR-B9C72CF28B

TFLO and YEAR are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. TFLO follows Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Index and YEAR follows No index, actively managed.
  2. Number of holdings. TFLO holds 8 positions and YEAR holds 141.
  3. Cost. TFLO charges 0.15% of assets a year and YEAR 0.25%, a gap of 0.10 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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On the same fields

TFLO
iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF
YEAR
AB Ultra Short Income ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer iShares AllianceBernstein
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +4.0% +2.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +4.0% (USFR) −1.9% (AGG)
Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs USFR +4.8 pts vs AGG
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.25%
Holdings 8 141
Net assets, TFLO as of Oct 20, 2026 and YEAR as of Oct 19, 2026 $7.2bn $1.6bn

TFLO and YEAR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About TFLO

TFLO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +4.0% with distributions reinvested, against +4.0% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

About YEAR

YEAR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.9% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, TFLO or YEAR?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TFLO returned +4.0% and YEAR +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, TFLO or YEAR?
TFLO is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
TFLO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗TFLO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for TFLO ↗YEAR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗YEAR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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