ETF comparison
BIV vs BLV
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIV and BLV would leave roughly 0.3% 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
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
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 BIV vs BLV.
Top shared holdings
16 shared in total| # | Holding | In BIV | In BLV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.79% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 2 | AT&T Inc | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 3 | Aetna Inc | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 4 | Southwestern Public Service Co | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 5 | American Airlines 2025-1 Class A Pass Through Trust | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 6 | PayPal Holdings Inc | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 7 | Western Midstream Operating LP | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 8 | American Airlines 2026-1 Class A Pass Through Trust | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 9 | Prologis LP | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 10 | Marriott International Inc/MD | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 11 | Republic Services Inc | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 12 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in BIV
2,339 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.10%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.10%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.08%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.08%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.02%
Only in BLV
2,967 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%
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- BLV vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
- BLV vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active 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/.
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