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iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG)

Bonds — Aggregate · Benchmark: Bloomberg US Agg Bond Index · Domiciled in US

AUM
$81.9B
Expense ratio
33.00%
Inception
1997-07-15
VMCI-Composite
70/100
5y CAGR
10.0%

VMCI-Composite holdings score

ValueMarkers builds the VMCI-Composite by taking the underlying VMCI score for each of the ETF's top-10 holdings and weighting it by the holding's share of the fund. The number summarizes the fundamentals of the largest positions on the five-pillar framework — Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, Risk.

iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF — analysis

iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF runs $81.9B against Bloomberg US Agg Bond Index, with 33 bps of annual cost. The AGG ticker is the listing on the primary US exchange; the strategy has been live since 1997 in the bonds — aggregate category.

Composite quality on AGG's top-10 sleeve: VMCI of 70/100. The number aggregates Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, and Risk pillars across the funds' largest positions. The cohort comparison reads above-average composite quality.

AGG performance ledger: 5y CAGR 10.0% (benchmark: 11.0%), 3y 10.1%, 1y 8.8%, YTD 14.0%. The 5y delta to index is -1.0 pp annualized.

Distribution metrics on AGG: 4.50% TTM yield, 9.0% 5y dividend CAGR. The two numbers together set the carry-and-growth math that income allocators run on this kind of fund.

On portfolio structure, AGG carries a 29% top-10 weight and a Technology-led sector mix (30%). The fund's largest single position is AAPL at 3.51%.

Funds that sit closest to AGG on the bonds — aggregate shelf: BND, GOVT. Allocators usually choose between them on cost (33 bps on this fund), distribution profile, and underlying methodology rather than headline category.

Top 25 holdings

#TickerWeightVMCI
1AAPL3.51%85
2MSFT3.34%63
3NVDA3.17%82
4AMZN3.04%89
5GOOGL2.91%75
6META2.78%76
7BRK-B2.78%47
8TSLA2.74%55
9V2.66%77
10JPM2.40%46
11UNH2.36%52
12XOM2.27%89
13JNJ2.01%81
14PG1.97%50
15MA1.89%73
16HD1.63%81
17MRK1.59%65
18AVGO1.50%88
19PEP1.24%74
20COST1.03%66
21KO0.86%65
22WMT0.86%53
23BAC0.64%83
24CVX0.47%76
25ADBE0.34%45

Performance & income

YTD
14.0%
1y total return
8.8%
3y CAGR
10.1%
5y CAGR vs benchmark
10.0% / 11.0%
Dividend yield
4.50%
5y distribution CAGR
9.0%

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