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AGG vs BNDX

US Aggregate Bond vs International Bond.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and BNDX would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AGG unmatched 98.5% Shared 0.0% BNDX unmatched 98.0%

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.

In AGG only
13,266 positions
Shared
0 positions
In BNDX only
6,818 positions

Side by side

AGG

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$135.65B
TTM yield
4.13%
Top-10 conc.
4.0%
BNDX

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$121.63B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
4.65%
Top-10 conc.
3.5%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
93
52
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AGG sub-score BNDX

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

AGG is 4 bps cheaper than BNDX. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for BNDX.

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 BNDX.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in AGG

13,266 total
  • United States Treasury 0.42%
  • United States Treasury 0.41%
  • United States Treasury 0.41%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%
  • United States Treasury 0.39%
  • United States Treasury 0.39%
  • United States Treasury 0.39%
  • United States Treasury 0.39%
  • United States Treasury 0.38%

Only in BNDX

6,818 total
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.41%
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.37%
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.36%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.36%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.35%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.34%
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.33%
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.33%
  • Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.30%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.30%

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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/.

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.