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AGG

GradeANew York Stock Exchange Arca

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Core US Bond · IShares · Inception 2003-09-21 · SEC filings

$95.36−0.89 (−0.92%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 59 prints from 96.25 to 95.36. Range 95.25 to 96.08. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$95.20$95.60$95.80$96.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.03%
Fund size
$137.7B
1Y return
−0.0%
Yield · Last 12 months
4.11%
Holdings
13425
Volume · 30D
8.5M sh
NAV per share
$96.20
52W range
low $95.73high $101.46

The ETF.net AGG Grade

A

86/ 100

Rank 2 of 118 in US Aggregate Bond⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for AGG. Scores out of 100: Cost 95, Risk 43, Mission 100, Tradability 93, Holdings 76, Durability 95. Strongest: Mission (100). Weakest: Risk (43). No single pillar leads.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 86 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    AScore 95
    Category rank3/118 · top 3%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 100
    Category rank2/100 · top 2%

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 43
    Category rank67/117 · mid-pack

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 93
    Category rank2/118 · top 2%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 76
    Category rank21/117 · top 18%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 95
    Category rank4/118 · top 3%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on AGG

ETF.net Research

ALaunched in 2003, one of the first funds to pack the entire U.S. investment-grade bond market into a single ticker: Treasuries, corporates and mortgage bonds, three basis points a year, cash paid monthly.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, providing broad exposure to the total U.S. investment-grade bond market.

Why people hold it

  1. 010.03% a year against a peer-group median near 0.36%. On a bond fund, the fee comes straight out of the coupon, so the gap matters more than it looks.
  2. 02A $100 billion-plus fund and very actively traded, the kind of depth that keeps bid-ask costs down for retail-sized orders.
  3. 03Tracks the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate closely, with one of the tightest index-following records in its peer group. Income is distributed monthly.
  4. 04Running since 2003, giving it one of the longest track records among U.S. bond index ETFs.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Investment grade and U.S. dollar only. High-yield debt and foreign bonds sit outside the mandate, so this is designed as core ballast rather than a yield hunt.
  2. 02Rate risk comes as it comes. The index gets tracked whether yields rise or fall, with no manager stepping in to shorten duration.
  3. 03The same index is sold by SPAB, SCHZ and BBAG at the same 0.03%. The portfolio is the commodity here; scale and trading depth are the tiebreakers.

AGG Holdings

As of Sep 22, 2026, 3:16 AM
Asset class
Bonds
Holdings
13,425
Top-10 weight
6%
Largest holding
BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY2.7%

Geography

  • United States93.07%
  • Canada1.29%
  • United Kingdom1.13%
  • Japan0.73%
  • Mexico0.47%
  • Luxembourg0.40%
  • Philippines0.39%
  • Netherlands0.21%
  • Other countries (27)2.31%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 896.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY2.73%0$3.8B18
002—TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 4.38% 05/15/20360.40%0$552M44
003—TREASURY NOTE 4.63% 02/15/20350.40%0$552M38
004—TREASURY NOTE 4.25% 11/15/20340.40%0$549M37
005—TREASURY NOTE 4.38% 05/15/20340.40%0$546M35
006—TREASURY NOTE 4.00% 02/28/20300.40%0$546M36
007—TREASURY NOTE 3.88% 08/15/20340.39%0$531M36
008—TREASURY NOTE 4.25% 05/15/20350.39%0$530M42
009—TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 4.13% 02/15/20360.39%0$530M54
010—TREASURY NOTE 4.50% 11/15/20330.38%0$528M34
011—TREASURY NOTE 3.88% 07/15/20280.38%0$527M26
012—TREASURY NOTE 4.25% 08/15/20350.38%0$521M45
013—TREASURY NOTE 4.00% 11/15/20350.38%0$521M47
014—TREASURY NOTE 4.00% 02/15/20340.37%0$509M35
015—TREASURY NOTE 3.50% 10/15/20280.37%0$507M22

Showing 1–15 of 13426 holdings

AGG Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

AGG$9,999
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. AGG $9,999. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for AGG. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodAGG
Year to date−1.0%
1 month−0.8%
3 months−1.4%
1 year−0.0%
3 years+4.3%per year
5 years−0.5%per year
10 years+1.3%per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for AGG
YearReturn barAGG
2026 YTD−1.0%
2025+7.2%
2024+1.3%
2023+5.7%
2022−13.0%
2021−1.8%
2020+7.5%

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AGG Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
4.11%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$3.96Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.34 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution history

2023–2026

One bar per payment. 44 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Feb 1, 2023 $0.25; Mar 1, 2023 $0.23; Apr 3, 2023 $0.25; May 1, 2023 $0.25; Jun 1, 2023 $0.26; Jul 3, 2023 $0.25; Aug 1, 2023 $0.26; Sep 1, 2023 $0.26; Oct 2, 2023 $0.26; Nov 1, 2023 $0.28; Dec 1, 2023 $0.27; Dec 14, 2023 $0.28; Feb 1, 2024 $0.29; Mar 1, 2024 $0.29; Apr 1, 2024 $0.29; May 1, 2024 $0.29; Jun 3, 2024 $0.30; Jul 1, 2024 $0.30; Aug 1, 2024 $0.30; Sep 3, 2024 $0.31; Oct 1, 2024 $0.31; Nov 1, 2024 $0.31; Dec 2, 2024 $0.31; Dec 18, 2024 $0.32; Feb 3, 2025 $0.32; Mar 3, 2025 $0.30; Apr 1, 2025 $0.33; May 1, 2025 $0.32; Jun 2, 2025 $0.32; Jul 1, 2025 $0.32; Aug 1, 2025 $0.33; Sep 2, 2025 $0.33; Oct 1, 2025 $0.33; Nov 3, 2025 $0.33; Dec 1, 2025 $0.33; Dec 19, 2025 $0.33; Feb 2, 2026 $0.32; Mar 2, 2026 $0.32; Apr 1, 2026 $0.34; May 1, 2026 $0.33; Jun 1, 2026 $0.33; Jul 1, 2026 $0.33; Aug 3, 2026 $0.34; Sep 1, 2026 $0.34. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 1, 2026Sep 4, 2026$0.34
Aug 3, 2026Aug 6, 2026$0.34
Jul 1, 2026Jul 7, 2026$0.33
Jun 1, 2026Jun 4, 2026$0.33
May 1, 2026May 6, 2026$0.33
Apr 1, 2026Apr 7, 2026$0.34
Mar 2, 2026Mar 5, 2026$0.32
Feb 2, 2026Feb 5, 2026$0.32
Dec 19, 2025Dec 24, 2025$0.33
Dec 1, 2025Dec 4, 2025$0.33
Nov 3, 2025Nov 6, 2025$0.33
Oct 1, 2025Oct 6, 2025$0.33

AGG Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
5.6%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
−0.07
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−17.7%
Trough Oct 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.99
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

AGG Cost

Expense ratio0.03%
  • The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
  • Median 0.34%

No US Aggregate Bond fund charges less.

AGG costs $3.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Aggregate Bond fund costs $34.00.