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BLV vs EAGG

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
16.0 %

1,488 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and EAGG would leave roughly 16.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BLV unmatched 82.8% Shared 16.0% EAGG unmatched 82.7%

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
1,495 positions
Shared
1,488 positions
In EAGG only
3,722 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%
EAGG

iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$4.95B
TTM yield
4.15%
Top-10 conc.
4.1%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
90
50
Tax efficiency
52
95
Liquidity
87
99
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BLV sub-score EAGG

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

Cost difference

BLV is 7 bps cheaper than EAGG. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for EAGG.

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 EAGG.

Top shared holdings

1,488 shared in total
# Holding In BLV In EAGG Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.10% 0.26% 0.26%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08% 0.23% 0.23%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08% 0.23% 0.23%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.17% 0.21% 0.21%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80% 0.21% 0.21%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75% 0.20% 0.20%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85% 0.19% 0.19%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15% 0.19% 0.19%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.06% 0.19% 0.19%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13% 0.19% 0.19%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13% 0.19% 0.19%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.14% 0.18% 0.18%

Only in BLV

1,495 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.68%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.18%
  • Amazon.com Inc 0.11%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 0.10%
  • Boeing Co/The 0.10%
  • Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.09%
  • Broadcom Inc 0.08%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 0.08%

Only in EAGG

3,722 total
  • UMBS, TBA 0.51%
  • United States Treasury 0.47%
  • Freddie Mac 0.42%
  • United States Treasury 0.41%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%
  • United States Treasury 0.39%
  • United States Treasury 0.38%
  • United States Treasury 0.38%
  • United States Treasury 0.37%

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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.