ETF comparison
BND vs DFCF
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF
Holdings overlap
1,184 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and DFCF would leave roughly 16.6% 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
BND 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 BND vs DFCF.
Top shared holdings
1,184 shared in total| # | Holding | In BND | In DFCF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.47% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.39% | 0.65% | 0.39% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.36% | 0.65% | 0.36% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.35% | 0.75% | 0.35% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.35% | 0.89% | 0.35% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.34% | 0.53% | 0.34% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.34% | 0.72% | 0.34% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.32% | 0.87% | 0.32% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.32% | 0.76% | 0.32% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.32% | 0.91% | 0.32% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.32% | 0.61% | 0.32% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.33% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
Only in BND
16,212 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.31%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.31%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.30%
Only in DFCF
586 total- United States of America 4.70%
- 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%
- United States of America 1.99%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 1.65%
- New Zealand 0.93%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BND
- BND vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 16.1%
- BND vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.9%
- BND vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 15.5%
- BND vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.4%
- BND vs SPIB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF 15.4%
- BND vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 15.0%
More comparisons with DFCF
- DFCF vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 16.2%
- DFCF vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.3%
- DFCF vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 15.2%
- DFCF vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.2%
- DFCF vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 15.2%
- DFCF vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 14.7%
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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