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ETF comparison

AGG vs BOND

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
2.0 %

299 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and BOND would leave roughly 2.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AGG unmatched 96.5% Shared 2.0% BOND unmatched 111.4%

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
12,967 positions
Shared
299 positions
In BOND only
1,220 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%
BOND

PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund

PIMCO · US Aggregate Bond

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.54%
Net assets
$8.54B
TTM yield
5.37%
Top-10 conc.
35.3%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
46
52
Tax efficiency
50
100
Liquidity
97
100
Concentration
64
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Tracking quality
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AGG sub-score BOND

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

Cost difference

AGG is 51 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $510/yr more in fees for BOND.

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 BOND.

Top shared holdings

299 shared in total
# Holding In AGG In BOND Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.21% 0.38% 0.21%
2 United States Treasury 0.13% 1.32% 0.13%
3 United States Treasury 0.12% 3.39% 0.12%
4 United States Treasury 0.09% 2.57% 0.09%
5 United States Treasury 0.16% 0.09% 0.09%
6 United States Treasury 0.06% 0.73% 0.06%
7 Freddie Mac 0.05% 0.31% 0.05%
8 Fannie Mae 0.04% 0.76% 0.04%
9 United States Treasury 0.03% 1.94% 0.03%
10 Freddie Mac 0.02% 0.73% 0.02%
11 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.02% 0.13% 0.02%
12 Fannie Mae 0.02% 0.30% 0.02%

Only in AGG

12,967 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 BOND

1,220 total
  • UMBS, TBA 5.56%
  • PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%
  • UMBS, TBA 3.46%
  • UMBS, TBA 2.73%
  • UMBS, TBA 2.54%
  • UMBS, TBA 2.27%
  • United States Treasury 1.93%
  • Freddie Mac 1.88%
  • Freddie Mac 1.76%
  • UMBS, TBA 1.58%

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.