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BLV vs BND

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Fund · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
18.4 %

2,805 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and BND would leave roughly 18.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BLV only 80.2% Shared 18.4% BND only 80.3%
In BLV only
208 positions
Shared
2,805 positions
In BND only
14,555 positions

Side by side

BLV

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Fund

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$8.67B
TTM yield
4.86%
Top-10 conc.
11.3%
BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$397.86B
TTM yield
3.99%
Top-10 conc.
4.8%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
53
97
Liquidity
100
98
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BLV sub-score BND

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

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 BLV vs BND.

Top shared holdings

2,805 shared in total
# Holding In BLV In BND Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.10% 0.24% 0.24%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.14% 0.23% 0.23%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.18% 0.22% 0.22%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.23% 0.22% 0.22%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.18% 0.21% 0.21%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.18% 0.21% 0.21%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13% 0.21% 0.21%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.97% 0.20% 0.20%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.98% 0.19% 0.19%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.21% 0.19% 0.19%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.79% 0.18% 0.18%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.93% 0.18% 0.18%

Only in BLV

208 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.06%
  • Vodafone Group PLC 0.04%
  • Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd 0.03%
  • Telefonica Emisiones SA 0.03%
  • Microsoft Corp 0.03%
  • Verizon Communications Inc 0.03%
  • ConocoPhillips Co 0.03%
  • Microsoft Corp 0.03%
  • Verizon Communications Inc 0.03%

Only in BND

14,555 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%

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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.