ETF comparison
AGG vs FBND
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Fidelity Total Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
646 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and FBND would leave roughly 14.6% 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
AGG is 33 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/yr more in fees for FBND.
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 FBND.
Top shared holdings
646 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In FBND | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.42% | 0.87% | 0.42% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.41% | 1.02% | 0.41% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 1.81% | 0.40% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 0.48% | 0.40% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 2.17% | 0.39% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.93% | 0.39% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 0.47% | 0.38% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 2.21% | 0.37% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.33% | 0.54% | 0.33% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 0.59% | 0.31% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.29% | 0.32% | 0.29% |
Only in AGG
12,620 total- United States Treasury 0.35%
- United States Treasury 0.33%
- United States Treasury 0.32%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.30%
- United States Treasury 0.30%
- United States Treasury 0.29%
- United States Treasury 0.29%
- United States Treasury 0.29%
Only in FBND
3,823 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 4.62%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 0.83%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 0.76%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 0.32%
- WELLS FARGO and CO 0.29%
- PETROLEOS MEXICANOS 0.28%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 0.27%
- MAGNETITE XXVI LTD / MAGNETITE XXVI LLC 0.22%
- FED HOME LOAN MTG CORP - GOLD 0.22%
- PETROLEOS MEXICANOS 0.20%
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More comparisons with AGG
- AGG vs SPIB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF 14.6%
- AGG vs LQD · iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 12.8%
- AGG vs IGSB · iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 9.9%
- AGG vs SPTL · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF 9.3%
- AGG vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 9.3%
- AGG vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 8.8%
More comparisons with FBND
- FBND vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 14.6%
- FBND vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 14.6%
- FBND vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 14.4%
- FBND vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 12.5%
- FBND vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 12.0%
- FBND vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 11.6%
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.