ETF comparison
BLV vs CGCP
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF
Holdings overlap
125 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and CGCP would leave roughly 7.2% 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
BLV 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 BLV vs CGCP.
Top shared holdings
125 shared in total| # | Holding | In BLV | In CGCP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.15% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.69% | 0.70% | 0.69% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.68% | 1.59% | 0.68% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.97% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.49% | 4.35% | 0.49% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.86% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.13% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.23% | 0.74% | 0.23% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.23% | 1.73% | 0.23% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.24% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.63% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.53% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
Only in BLV
2,858 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 1.10%
- 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 0.85%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.84%
Only in CGCP
1,334 total- United States Treasury 3.27%
- UMBS, TBA 2.01%
- United States Treasury 1.63%
- United States Treasury 1.58%
- United States Treasury 1.48%
- Fannie Mae 1.45%
- UMBS, TBA 1.40%
- UMBS, TBA 1.27%
- United States Treasury 1.19%
- Freddie Mac 1.04%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BLV
- BLV vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 3.8%
- BLV vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.2%
- BLV vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.3%
- BLV vs BINC · iShares Flexible Income Active ETF 0.1%
- BLV vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 0.0%
- BLV vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
More comparisons with CGCP
- CGCP vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 7.2%
- CGCP vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 6.6%
- CGCP vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 6.4%
- CGCP vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 6.2%
- CGCP vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 5.8%
- CGCP vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 5.7%
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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