AGG vs BND (2026)
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF side by side. Both charge the same expense ratio (—). Over the last five years AGG returned more (-16.01% vs -16.36%, total return). Not investment advice.
Fund facts#
| AGG | BND | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Aggregate Bonds | Aggregate Bonds |
| Expense ratio | — | — |
| AUM | $56.9B | — |
| Distribution yield | 4.05% | 4.03% |
| Holdings | — | — |
| 1 month return | -0.3% | -0.3% |
| YTD return | -0.6% | -0.5% |
| 1 year return | +1.6% | +1.5% |
| 3 years return | +13.2% | +13.2% |
| 5 years return | -1.7% | -1.8% |
| 10 years return | +14.0% | +14.1% |
| 3Y CAGR | +4.2%/yr | +4.2%/yr |
| 5Y CAGR | -0.4%/yr | -0.4%/yr |
| 10Y CAGR | +1.3%/yr | +1.3%/yr |
| Issuer | BlackRock | Vanguard |
| Inception | — | — |
All returns are total returns (dividends reinvested), from daily adjusted closes. CAGR = compound annual growth rate. '—' means the fund's history doesn't span the horizon.
Annualized returns (CAGR)#
Compound annual growth rate per holding period, total return, from weekly adjusted closes. Horizons a fund's history can't span show no bar; horizons no fund spans are omitted.
Performance, rebased#
Returns by year#
| Year | AGG | BND |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +3.5% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | +0.1% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | +8.5% | +8.8% |
| 2020 | +7.5% | +7.7% |
| 2021 | -1.8% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | -13.0% | -13.1% |
| 2023 | +5.6% | +5.6% |
| 2024 | +1.3% | +1.4% |
| 2025 | +7.2% | +7.1% |
| 2026 YTD | -0.6% | -0.5% |
Total returns (dividends reinvested), calendar years.
Returns by year, charted#
Fund flows#
| Month | AGG | BND |
|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | +$1.1B | — |
| Apr 2026 | −$3B | — |
| Mar 2026 | +$1.2B | −$1.2B |
| Feb 2026 | +$1.1B | +$2.9B |
| Jan 2026 | +$2.7B | +$4.2B |
| Dec 2025 | +$1.2B | +$4.1B |
Net creations minus redemptions per calendar month, from each fund's SEC Form N-PORT. Figures are series-level: where a fund shares its portfolio with mutual-fund share classes (Vanguard funds do), flows cover all share classes combined. Quarterly filings publish with a ~60-day lag, so recent months appear as filings land.
Fund flows, charted#
Longer ranges aggregate to quarters/years. Flow data begins mid-2019 — Form N-PORT did not exist before then, for any fund.
Growth from any starting date#
Hover to move the starting point — every fund rebases to 1× at that date, so the comparison holds from any entry point back to 2007 (the earliest date all 2 funds existed). Log scale, weekly total returns.
Hover anywhere to rebase every line to 1× at that date and compare growth from that point. Log scale.
Methodology#
Returns are total returns (dividends reinvested) from daily adjusted closes. Holdings, overlap, sector weights and flows derive from each fund's public SEC filings (Form N-PORT), anchored on the latest filing and rolled forward daily by price moves. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight across shared holdings. See each fund's full holdings: AGG holdings · BND holdings. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.
FAQ#
- AGG or BND — which is better?
- Both charge the same expense ratio (—). Over the last five years AGG returned more (-16.01% vs -16.36%, total return). The two core US bond funds — near-identical mandates, different indexes.
- Is ChartRow affiliated with any of these funds?
- No. ChartRow is independent and not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by BlackRock, Vanguard. Comparisons are derived independently from public SEC filings and market data; not investment advice.