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BLV vs CGCP

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Fund · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
7.8 %

133 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and CGCP would leave roughly 7.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BLV only 90.8% Shared 7.8% CGCP only 96.0%
In BLV only
2,880 positions
Shared
133 positions
In CGCP only
1,294 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%
CGCP

Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF

Capital Group · US Aggregate Bond

73 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.34%
Net assets
$8.32B
TTM yield
5.16%
Top-10 conc.
22.9%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
66
51
Tax efficiency
50
97
Liquidity
97
98
Concentration
82
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Tracking quality
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BLV sub-score CGCP

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

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

133 shared in total
# Holding In BLV In CGCP Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.23% 2.08% 1.23%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.87% 0.68% 0.68%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.58% 0.80% 0.58%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.60% 0.54% 0.54%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 2.79% 0.41%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.93% 0.41% 0.41%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.10% 0.39% 0.39%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.46% 0.31% 0.31%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23% 0.54% 0.23%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23% 1.98% 0.23%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.59% 0.18% 0.18%
12 Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.10% 0.17% 0.10%

Only in BLV

2,880 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.21%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.18%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.18%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.18%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.14%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.97%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.93%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.86%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%

Only in CGCP

1,294 total
  • United States Treasury 4.06%
  • Capital Group Central Cash Fund 3.83%
  • United States Treasury 2.15%
  • United States Treasury 1.92%
  • Fannie Mae 1.71%
  • Freddie Mac 1.22%
  • United States Treasury 1.12%
  • United States Treasury 0.92%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.82%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.72%

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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.