ETF comparison
BIV vs CGCP
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF
Holdings overlap
183 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIV and CGCP would leave roughly 5.1% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
BIV is 31 bps cheaper than CGCP. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/yr more in fees for CGCP.
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 CGCP.
Top shared holdings
183 shared in total| # | Holding | In BIV | In CGCP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.07% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.79% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 3 | Bank of America Corp | 0.12% | 0.17% | 0.12% |
| 4 | Meta Platforms Inc | 0.11% | 0.20% | 0.11% |
| 5 | Meta Platforms Inc | 0.10% | 0.11% | 0.10% |
| 6 | Oracle Corp | 0.09% | 0.22% | 0.09% |
| 7 | Wells Fargo & Co | 0.09% | 0.15% | 0.09% |
| 8 | Oracle Corp | 0.09% | 0.18% | 0.09% |
| 9 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 0.08% | 0.17% | 0.08% |
| 10 | Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 11 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 0.08% | 0.13% | 0.08% |
| 12 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 0.07% | 0.20% | 0.07% |
Only in BIV
2,172 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 CGCP
1,276 total- United States Treasury 4.35%
- United States Treasury 3.27%
- UMBS, TBA 2.01%
- United States Treasury 1.73%
- United States Treasury 1.63%
- United States Treasury 1.59%
- United States Treasury 1.58%
- United States Treasury 1.48%
- Fannie Mae 1.45%
- UMBS, TBA 1.40%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BIV
- BIV vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 4.5%
- BIV vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 2.8%
- BIV vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.7%
- BIV vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.4%
- BIV vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.3%
- BIV vs BINC · iShares Flexible Income Active ETF 0.2%
More comparisons with CGCP
- CGCP vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 5.0%
- CGCP vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 4.9%
- CGCP vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 4.9%
- CGCP vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 4.7%
- CGCP vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.4%
- CGCP vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 4.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open BIV or CGCP at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.