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AGG vs IGOV

US Aggregate Bond vs International Bond.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

AGG only 99.0% Shared 0.0% IGOV only 95.3%
In AGG only
13,183 positions
Shared
0 positions
In IGOV only
912 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
$138.85B
TTM yield
4.01%
Top-10 conc.
7.1%
IGOV

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · International Bond

68 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$1.37B
TTM yield
1.43%
Top-10 conc.
4.0%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
65
52
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
63
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AGG sub-score IGOV

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

Cost difference

AGG is 32 bps cheaper than IGOV. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for IGOV.

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 IGOV.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in AGG

13,183 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.52%
  • United States Treasury 0.46%
  • United States Treasury 0.43%
  • United States Treasury 0.42%
  • United States Treasury 0.42%
  • United States Treasury 0.42%
  • United States Treasury 0.41%
  • United States Treasury 0.41%
  • United States Treasury 0.41%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%

Only in IGOV

912 total
  • Denmark Government Bonds 0.49%
  • Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT 0.47%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.47%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.39%
  • Ireland Government Bonds 0.38%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.37%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.37%
  • French Republic Government Bonds OAT 0.36%
  • Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT 0.36%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.36%

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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.