ETF comparison
AGGvsBAB
US Aggregate Bond vs US Municipal Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
198 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and BAB would leave roughly0.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AGG is 25 bps cheaper than BAB. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/yr more in fees for BAB.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with AGG vs BAB.
Top shared holdings
198 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In BAB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State of Illinois | 0.02% | 1.47% | 0.02% |
| 2 | State of California | 0.01% | 1.24% | 0.01% |
| 3 | State of California | 0.01% | 0.80% | 0.01% |
| 4 | State of California | 0.01% | 0.83% | 0.01% |
| 5 | New Jersey Turnpike Authority | 0.01% | 0.55% | 0.01% |
| 6 | State of California | 0.01% | 0.49% | 0.01% |
| 7 | American Municipal Power Inc | 0.01% | 0.46% | 0.01% |
| 8 | New Jersey Turnpike Authority | 0.01% | 0.65% | 0.01% |
| 9 | Texas Natural Gas Securitization Finance Corp | 0.01% | 0.15% | 0.01% |
| 10 | Texas Natural Gas Securitization Finance Corp | 0.00% | 0.63% | 0.00% |
| 11 | State of California | 0.00% | 0.65% | 0.00% |
| 12 | State of California | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
Only in AGG
13,069 total- BlackRock Funds III0.62%
- United States Treasury0.42%
- United States Treasury0.41%
- United States Treasury0.41%
- United States Treasury0.40%
- United States Treasury0.40%
- United States Treasury0.39%
- United States Treasury0.39%
- United States Treasury0.39%
- United States Treasury0.39%
Only in BAB
1,669 total- Illinois (State of)0.85%
- Board of Regents of the University of Texas System0.68%
- Metro0.65%
- California (State of)0.60%
- New York (City of), NY0.54%
- Chicago (City of), IL0.43%
- Oxnard School District0.41%
- New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue0.40%
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority0.38%
- Sales Tax Securitization Corp.0.37%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.