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BLV vs DFCF

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
7.7 %

369 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and DFCF would leave roughly 7.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BLV unmatched 91.1% Shared 7.7% DFCF unmatched 114.1%

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
2,614 positions
Shared
369 positions
In DFCF only
1,401 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%
DFCF

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF

Dimensional · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.17%
Net assets
$11.41B
TTM yield
4.52%
Top-10 conc.
37.4%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
83
50
Tax efficiency
51
95
Liquidity
100
99
Concentration
61
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Tracking quality
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BLV sub-score DFCF

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

Cost difference

BLV is 14 bps cheaper than DFCF. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for DFCF.

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 DFCF.

Top shared holdings

369 shared in total
# Holding In BLV In DFCF Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.57% 0.58% 0.57%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.69% 0.50% 0.50%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.69% 0.47% 0.47%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.70% 0.30% 0.30%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.53% 0.28% 0.28%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40% 0.25% 0.25%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.73% 0.22% 0.22%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75% 0.16% 0.16%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.55% 0.14% 0.14%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.63% 0.14% 0.14%
11 CVS Health Corp 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
12 AT&T Inc 0.07% 0.09% 0.07%

Only in BLV

2,614 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.17%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15%
  • 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 0.97%

Only in DFCF

1,401 total
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 6.19%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 5.34%
  • United States of America 4.70%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 4.10%
  • United States of America 3.07%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 2 3.00%
  • United States of America 2.94%
  • United States of America 2.93%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 2.85%
  • United States of America 2.25%

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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/.

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.