ETF comparison
AGG vs PYLD
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
253 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and PYLD would leave roughly 1.1% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AGG is 61 bps cheaper than PYLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $610/yr more in fees for PYLD.
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 PYLD.
Top shared holdings
253 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In PYLD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.09% | 1.20% | 0.09% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.08% | 0.60% | 0.08% |
| 3 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.03% |
| 4 | T-MOBILE USA INC | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.02% |
| 5 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.02% | 0.10% | 0.02% |
| 6 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 7 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 0.02% | 0.06% | 0.02% |
| 8 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 9 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 0.01% | 0.05% | 0.01% |
| 10 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 11 | BOEING CO | 0.01% | 0.03% | 0.01% |
| 12 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.01% | 0.06% | 0.01% |
Only in AGG
13,013 total- United States Treasury 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- 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%
Only in PYLD
1,504 total- UMBS, TBA 7.01%
- UMBS, TBA 6.55%
- UMBS, TBA 4.83%
- Fannie Mae 2.97%
- UMBS, TBA 1.78%
- UMBS, TBA 1.42%
- Freddie Mac 1.06%
- REPUBLIC OF PERU 0.89%
- RD MICHIGAN PROP OWNER I 0.84%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.79%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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