ETF comparison
AGG vs IEF
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
15 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and IEF would leave roughly 5.2% 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 12 bps cheaper than IEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for IEF.
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 IEF.
Top shared holdings
15 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In IEF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.42% | 8.75% | 0.42% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.41% | 8.63% | 0.41% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 6.73% | 0.40% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 8.73% | 0.40% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 8.22% | 0.39% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 8.71% | 0.39% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 8.78% | 0.39% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 8.53% | 0.39% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 8.31% | 0.38% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 9.54% | 0.37% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 5.81% | 0.35% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.33% | 5.32% | 0.33% |
Only in AGG
13,251 total- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.35%
- United States Treasury 0.33%
- United States Treasury 0.33%
- United States Treasury 0.32%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.30%
- United States Treasury 0.30%
Only in IEF
0 totalEvery IEF position is also held by AGG.
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More comparisons with IEF
- IEF vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 5.1%
- IEF vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.9%
- IEF vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 1.0%
- IEF vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- IEF vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- IEF vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
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.