ETF comparison
BINC vs BNDX
US Aggregate Bond vs International Bond.
iShares Flexible Income Active ETF · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund
Holdings overlap
63 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BINC and BNDX would leave roughly 2.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BNDX is 33 bps cheaper than BINC. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 BNDX.
Top shared holdings
63 shared in total| # | Holding | In BINC | In BNDX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French Republic Government Bonds OAT | 0.47% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 2 | Spain Government Bonds | 0.25% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 3 | Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro | 0.35% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 4 | U.K. Gilts | 0.12% | 0.38% | 0.12% |
| 5 | BONOS Y OBLIG DEL ESTADO | 0.12% | 0.16% | 0.12% |
| 6 | Spain Government Bonds | 0.85% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 7 | BONOS Y OBLIG DEL ESTADO | 0.44% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 8 | POLAND GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.14% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT | 0.25% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | POLAND GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.09% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro | 0.61% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT | 0.04% | 0.08% | 0.04% |
Only in BINC
3,985 total- UMBS, TBA 5.65%
- UMBS, TBA 3.10%
- BlackRock Funds III 3.01%
- BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS 2.75%
- UMBS, TBA 2.35%
- UMBS, TBA 2.31%
- UMBS, TBA 1.67%
- iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 1.12%
- iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.70%
- UMBS, TBA 0.59%
Only in BNDX
6,646 total- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.40%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.37%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.36%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.33%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.30%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.29%
- Spain Government Bond 0.29%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.29%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.28%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.27%
Open BINC or BNDX at a brokerage
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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/.
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