ETF comparison

AGGvsBND

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
65.1%

9,273 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and BND would leave roughly65.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AGG only 34.0%Shared 65.1%BND only 33.9%
In AGG only
3,994 positions
Shared
9,273 positions
In BND only
8,123 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%
BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$398.83B
TTM yield
4.11%
Top-10 conc.
4.6%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
52
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
AGGsub-scoreBND

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

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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AGG vs BND.

Top shared holdings

9,273 shared in total
#HoldingIn AGGIn BNDOverlap
1United States Treasury0.41%0.41%0.41%
2United States Treasury0.42%0.41%0.41%
3United States Treasury0.40%0.41%0.40%
4United States Treasury0.39%0.39%0.39%
5United States Treasury0.40%0.39%0.39%
6United States Treasury0.39%0.40%0.39%
7United States Treasury0.38%0.41%0.38%
8United States Treasury0.37%0.41%0.37%
9United States Treasury0.39%0.36%0.36%
10United States Treasury0.35%0.36%0.35%
11United States Treasury0.41%0.34%0.34%
12United States Treasury0.33%0.35%0.33%

Only in AGG

3,994 total
  • BlackRock Funds III0.62%
  • United States Treasury0.24%
  • United States Treasury0.22%
  • UMBS, TBA0.20%
  • UMBS, TBA0.16%
  • United States Treasury0.15%
  • United States Treasury0.14%
  • Government National Mortgage Association0.14%
  • United States Treasury0.14%
  • UMBS, TBA0.14%

Only in BND

8,123 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.33%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.25%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.14%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.13%
  • Ginnie Mae II Pool0.11%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.09%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.08%
  • Ginnie Mae II Pool0.07%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association0.07%
  • Ginnie Mae II Pool0.06%

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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.