ETF comparison
BNDvsBSV
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,889 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and BSV would leave roughly36.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with BND vs BSV.
Top shared holdings
2,889 shared in total| # | Holding | In BND | In BSV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.47% | 1.12% | 0.47% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.75% | 0.41% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.34% | 0.88% | 0.34% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.33% | 0.67% | 0.33% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.32% | 0.70% | 0.32% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.31% | 0.77% | 0.31% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.31% | 0.75% | 0.31% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.30% | 0.63% | 0.30% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.28% | 0.55% | 0.28% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.27% | 0.49% | 0.27% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.27% | 0.79% | 0.27% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.25% | 0.49% | 0.25% |
Only in BND
14,507 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.36%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.36%
Only in BSV
296 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.20%
- Bank of America Corp0.06%
- Morgan Stanley0.05%
- Inter-American Development Bank0.03%
- Federal Home Loan Banks0.03%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.03%
- Inter-American Development Bank0.03%
- Capital One Financial Corp0.02%
- Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The0.02%
- Federal Home Loan Banks0.02%
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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.