Which returned more over the last year, USFR or YEAR?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USFR returned +4.0% and YEAR +2.8%.

Which is cheaper, USFR or YEAR?

USFR 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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USFR vs YEAR: Differences, Returns & Fees

On May 31, 2026 USFR's duration was 0.0 years and YEAR's 0.9; USFR charges 0.15% to YEAR's 0.25%. Net assets: $17.0bn on May 31, 2026 for WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund, and $1.6bn on Oct 19, 2026 for AB Ultra Short Income ETF.

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USFR costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; USFR is 11.5 times larger.

USFR vs YEAR: Differences, Returns & Fees
	USFR	YEAR
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.25%
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026	$17.0bn	$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+4.0%	+2.8%
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Bond Index	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

+4.0%

USFR total return, 1 year

+2.8%

YEAR total return, 1 year

0.15%

USFR expense ratio

0.25%

YEAR expense ratio

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

What each follows. USFR follows Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Bond Index and YEAR follows No index, actively managed.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026).
Number of holdings. USFR holds 4 positions and YEAR holds 141.

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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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USFR and YEAR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding USFR YEAR

Only in USFR

TF 0 10/31/27, due Oct 31, 2027 27.95%

TF 0 07/31/27, due Jul 31, 2027 27.93%

TF 0 01/31/28, due Jan 31, 2028 27.91%

TF 0 04/30/28, due Apr 30, 2028 15.90%

Only in YEAR

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2028 8.19%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Mar 31, 2028 4.51%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Dec 31, 2026 4.25%

U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes, due Jul 31, 2026 4.20%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2028 2.52%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jul 15, 2028 2.51%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 29, 2028 2.46%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 15, 2029 1.98%

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On the same fields

USFR

WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund

YEAR

AB Ultra Short Income ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer WisdomTree AllianceBernstein

What it is Tracks an index of Floating Rate Treasury Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +4.0% +2.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +4.0% (TFLO) −1.9% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs TFLO +4.8 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.25%

Holdings 4 141

Net assets, USFR as of May 31, 2026 and YEAR as of Oct 19, 2026 $17.0bn $1.6bn

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

About USFR

USFR tracks an index of Floating Rate Treasury. 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 Bond 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, USFR or YEAR?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USFR returned +4.0% and YEAR +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, USFR or YEAR?: USFR 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

USFR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗USFR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree page for USFR ↗YEAR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗YEAR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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