ETF comparison
BINC vs BLV
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Flexible Income Active ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BINC and BLV would leave roughly 0.1% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BLV is 37 bps cheaper than BINC. On a $100,000 position that's about $370/yr more in fees for BINC.
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 BINC vs BLV.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In BINC | In BLV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico Government International Bonds | 0.07% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 2 | TENN VALLEY AUTHORITY | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 3 | Republic of Poland Government International Bonds | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.00% |
| 4 | REPUBLIC OF PERU | 0.00% | 0.03% | 0.00% |
| 5 | VALE OVERSEAS LIMITED | 0.00% | 0.03% | 0.00% |
Only in BINC
4,036 total- UMBS, TBA 6.83%
- UMBS, TBA 3.48%
- UMBS, TBA 2.35%
- UMBS, TBA 1.57%
- iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 1.46%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 1.32%
- UMBS, TBA 1.10%
- iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 1.06%
- Spain Government Bonds 0.97%
- UMBS, TBA 0.81%
Only in BLV
2,978 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.10%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.06%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.97%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BINC
- BINC vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 0.1%
- BINC vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 0.1%
- BINC vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- BINC vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
- BINC vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- BINC vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with BLV
- BLV vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 0.0%
- BLV vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- BLV vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- BLV vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
- BLV vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.0%
- BLV vs JAAA · Janus Henderson AAA CLO 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.