ETF comparison
BIV vs EAGG
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
941 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIV and EAGG would leave roughly 15.4% 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
BIV is 7 bps cheaper than EAGG. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for EAGG.
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 EAGG.
Top shared holdings
941 shared in total| # | Holding | In BIV | In EAGG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.14% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.08% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.04% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.13% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.08% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.04% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.02% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.94% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.65% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.10% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.70% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.84% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
Only in BIV
1,414 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.07%
- Amazon.com Inc 0.13%
- Bank of America Corp 0.12%
- Meta Platforms Inc 0.11%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 0.11%
- Meta Platforms Inc 0.10%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.10%
- State of Illinois 0.10%
- Bank of America Corp 0.09%
- Wells Fargo & Co 0.09%
Only in EAGG
4,269 total- UMBS, TBA 0.51%
- Freddie Mac 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- UMBS, TBA 0.35%
- United States Treasury 0.35%
- United States Treasury 0.32%
- UMBS, TBA 0.32%
- UMBS, TBA 0.32%
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More comparisons with EAGG
- EAGG vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 15.1%
- EAGG vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 14.8%
- EAGG vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 14.8%
- EAGG vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 14.7%
- EAGG vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 13.1%
- EAGG vs MBB · iShares MBS ETF 12.9%
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.