ETF comparison
AGG vs BND
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
9,273 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and BND would leave roughly 65.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AGG vs BND.
Top shared holdings
9,273 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In BND | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.41% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.42% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 0.41% | 0.40% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.40% | 0.39% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 0.41% | 0.38% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 0.41% | 0.37% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 0.36% | 0.35% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.41% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.33% | 0.35% | 0.33% |
Only in AGG
3,993 total- United States Treasury 0.24%
- United States Treasury 0.22%
- UMBS, TBA 0.20%
- UMBS, TBA 0.16%
- United States Treasury 0.15%
- United States Treasury 0.14%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.14%
- United States Treasury 0.14%
- UMBS, TBA 0.14%
- Fannie Mae 0.13%
Only in BND
8,123 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.13%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.11%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.09%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.08%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.07%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 0.07%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.06%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with AGG
- AGG vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 61.6%
- AGG vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 56.7%
- AGG vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 53.9%
- AGG vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 33.9%
- AGG vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 30.8%
- AGG vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 24.8%
More comparisons with BND
- BND vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 58.8%
- BND vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 57.4%
- BND vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 53.4%
- BND vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 51.1%
- BND vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 36.9%
- BND vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 32.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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/.
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