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AGG vs. ITOT

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

AGG
$
Today’s Change
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vs

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

ITOT
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Sep 26, 2003 to Dec 16, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

AGG

0.4%

0.3%

ITOT

2.4%

3.0%

Diff.

-2%

-2.7%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

AGG

-18.4%

5.2%

ITOT

-55.2%

18.8%

Diff.

+36.8%

-13.6%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

AGG

0.62

0.17

ITOT

0.62

0.19

Diff.

-0.02

AGGiShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
ITOTiShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF

What is AGG?

The iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance before fees and expenses of the total United States investment grade bond market as defined by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

Snapshot
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AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
Inception date
Sep 22, 2003
Jan 20, 2004
Expense ratio
0.03%
0.03%
AGG and ITOT have the same expense ratio, meaning it’s equally as costly to invest in either one.
Type
US Bonds
US Equities
AGG targets investing in US Bonds, while ITOT targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Blackrock (iShares)
AGG is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while ITOT is managed by Blackrock (iShares).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$631,408,505
$92,311,586
Both AGG and ITOT are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$91,680,069,240
$43,679,376,151
AGG has more assets under management than ITOT by $48,000,693,089. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
S&P Total Market Index
AGG is based off of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index, while ITOT is based off of the S&P Total Market Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither AGG nor ITOT use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
AGG and ITOT both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
AGG and ITOT may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither AGG nor ITOT require a K1.

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Category

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OOS Cumulative Return

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Related toITOT

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Category

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OOS Cumulative Return

3.86%

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Disclaimers

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