ETF comparison

AGGvsBAB

US Aggregate Bond vs US Municipal Bond.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.4%

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.

AGG only 98.7%Shared 0.4%BAB only 98.6%
In AGG only
13,069 positions
Shared
198 positions
In BAB only
1,669 positions

Side by side

AGG

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$138.32B
TTM yield
4.12%
Top-10 conc.
6.6%
BAB

Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF

Invesco · US Municipal Bond

76composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.28%
Net assets
$900.7M
TTM yield
4.32%
Top-10 conc.
8.7%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
72
52
Tax efficiency
93
100
Liquidity
55
100
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
AGGsub-scoreBAB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

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
#HoldingIn AGGIn BABOverlap
1State of Illinois0.02%1.47%0.02%
2State of California0.01%1.24%0.01%
3State of California0.01%0.80%0.01%
4State of California0.01%0.83%0.01%
5New Jersey Turnpike Authority0.01%0.55%0.01%
6State of California0.01%0.49%0.01%
7American Municipal Power Inc0.01%0.46%0.01%
8New Jersey Turnpike Authority0.01%0.65%0.01%
9Texas Natural Gas Securitization Finance Corp0.01%0.15%0.01%
10Texas Natural Gas Securitization Finance Corp0.00%0.63%0.00%
11State of California0.00%0.65%0.00%
12State of California0.00%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%

Open AGG or BAB at a brokerage

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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.