ETF comparison
AGG vs IEI
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
83 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and IEI would leave roughly 15.7% 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 IEI. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for IEI.
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 IEI.
Top shared holdings
83 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In IEI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.41% | 2.28% | 0.41% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.33% | 2.09% | 0.33% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.33% | 0.58% | 0.33% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.32% | 2.26% | 0.32% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 1.12% | 0.31% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 2.11% | 0.31% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 0.70% | 0.31% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.30% | 1.04% | 0.30% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.29% | 2.05% | 0.29% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.29% | 1.13% | 0.29% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.29% | 1.93% | 0.29% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.29% | 1.41% | 0.29% |
Only in AGG
13,183 total- United States Treasury 0.42%
- 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%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
Only in IEI
0 totalEvery IEI position is also held by AGG.
Related comparisons
More comparisons with AGG
- AGG vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 15.6%
- AGG vs SCHO · Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 15.4%
- AGG vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.3%
- AGG vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 15.2%
- AGG vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 15.0%
- AGG vs SPTS · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF 15.0%
More comparisons with IEI
- IEI vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 15.4%
- IEI vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 14.6%
- IEI vs IEF · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF 1.0%
- IEI vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- IEI vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- IEI 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.