VPVTRDV Fees and Costs — PIMCO Total Return Portfolio, Administrative Class

Data updated: 2026-08-31

The net expense ratio is 0.73%: a 0.50% management fee, a 0.15% 12b-1 fee plus 0.08% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $146K in broker commissions, 0.0033% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 505%.

VPVTRDV Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of VPVTRDV. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.15%
Other expenses0.08%
Gross expense ratio0.73%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.73%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentYes

VPVTRDV Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in VPVTRDV, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $461 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.77% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.73%)$77$240$417
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$12$42
Total costs$77$253$461
Value after costs$10,423$11,323$12,302
Impact on return, per year0.77%0.77%0.77%

VPVTRDV Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0033%
  • Total broker commissions: $146K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $67.0B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 505%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

VPVTRDV Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co.$146K99.77%
BGC Financial, L.P.$2360.16%
RBC Capital Markets Corp.$1030.07%

VPVTRDV Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$15.0B22.87%
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.$12.6B19.11%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith$11.0B16.68%
Goldman Sachs & Co.$10.2B15.56%
Barclays Capital, Inc.$8.2B12.50%
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.$3.2B4.94%
Mizuho Securities USA, Inc.$2.1B3.20%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$1.4B2.18%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.$1.1B1.72%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$819.3M1.24%

PIMCO Total Return Portfolio Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
VPVTRIVInstitutional Class0.58%—
VPVTRDVAdministrative Class0.73%—
VPVTRVVAdvisor Class0.83%—

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.