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AGG vs IUSB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
66.4 %

11,318 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and IUSB would leave roughly 66.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AGG unmatched 32.1% Shared 66.4% IUSB unmatched 31.9%

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
1,948 positions
Shared
11,318 positions
In IUSB only
6,726 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%
IUSB

iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$48.08B
TTM yield
4.34%
Top-10 conc.
3.5%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
94
52
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AGG sub-score IUSB

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

Cost difference

AGG is 3 bps cheaper than IUSB. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for IUSB.

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 IUSB.

Top shared holdings

11,318 shared in total
# Holding In AGG In IUSB Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.39% 0.36% 0.36%
2 United States Treasury 0.42% 0.35% 0.35%
3 United States Treasury 0.39% 0.34% 0.34%
4 United States Treasury 0.38% 0.34% 0.34%
5 United States Treasury 0.41% 0.34% 0.34%
6 United States Treasury 0.39% 0.33% 0.33%
7 United States Treasury 0.37% 0.33% 0.33%
8 United States Treasury 0.40% 0.33% 0.33%
9 United States Treasury 0.39% 0.32% 0.32%
10 United States Treasury 0.41% 0.31% 0.31%
11 United States Treasury 0.35% 0.30% 0.30%
12 United States Treasury 0.40% 0.29% 0.29%

Only in AGG

1,948 total
  • United States Treasury 0.24%
  • United States Treasury 0.24%
  • United States Treasury 0.22%
  • United States Treasury 0.21%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.20%
  • United States Treasury 0.17%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.16%
  • United States Treasury 0.15%
  • United States Treasury 0.14%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.14%

Only in IUSB

6,726 total
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.41%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.31%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.30%
  • United States of America 0.30%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.26%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.22%
  • United States of America 0.20%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.19%
  • United States of America 0.19%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.18%

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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.