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BLV vs BOND

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.8 %

41 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and BOND would leave roughly 3.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BLV unmatched 95.0% Shared 3.8% BOND unmatched 109.5%

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.

In BLV only
2,942 positions
Shared
41 positions
In BOND only
1,478 positions

Side by side

BLV

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$7.79B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
5.08%
Top-10 conc.
11.0%
BOND

PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund

PIMCO · US Aggregate Bond

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.54%
Net assets
$8.54B
TTM yield
5.37%
Top-10 conc.
35.3%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
46
50
Tax efficiency
50
95
Liquidity
97
99
Concentration
64
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Tracking quality
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BLV sub-score BOND

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

Cost difference

BLV is 51 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $510/yr more in fees for BOND.

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 BOND.

Top shared holdings

41 shared in total
# Holding In BLV In BOND Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.70% 0.73% 0.70%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.64% 1.32% 0.64%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.60% 3.39% 0.60%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44% 2.57% 0.44%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.43% 1.94% 0.43%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15% 0.38% 0.38%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.97% 0.09% 0.09%
8 Mexico Government International Bond 0.08% 0.08% 0.08%
9 Pacific Gas and Electric Co 0.06% 0.09% 0.06%
10 Energy Transfer LP 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
11 Mexico Government International Bond 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%
12 Boeing Co/The 0.04% 0.02% 0.02%

Only in BLV

2,942 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.17%
  • 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 0.96%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.86%

Only in BOND

1,478 total
  • UMBS, TBA 5.56%
  • PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%
  • UMBS, TBA 3.46%
  • UMBS, TBA 2.73%
  • UMBS, TBA 2.54%
  • UMBS, TBA 2.27%
  • United States Treasury 1.93%
  • Freddie Mac 1.88%
  • Freddie Mac 1.76%
  • UMBS, TBA 1.58%

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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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