ETF comparison

BNDvsDFCF

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
13.8%

1,109 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and DFCF would leave roughly13.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 85.2%Shared 13.8%DFCF only 109.1%
In BND only
16,287 positions
Shared
1,109 positions
In DFCF only
598 positions

Side by side

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$398.83B
TTM yield
4.11%
Top-10 conc.
4.6%
DFCF

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF

Dimensional · US Aggregate Bond

78composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.17%
Net assets
$11.49B
TTM yield
4.43%
Top-10 conc.
36.8%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
83
52
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
62
Tracking quality
BNDsub-scoreDFCF

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

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 thecost calculator pre-filled with BND vs DFCF.

Top shared holdings

1,109 shared in total
#HoldingIn BNDIn DFCFOverlap
1United States Treasury Note/Bond0.39%0.72%0.39%
2United States Treasury Note/Bond0.36%0.73%0.36%
3United States Treasury Note/Bond0.35%0.84%0.35%
4United States Treasury Note/Bond0.35%0.77%0.35%
5United States Treasury Note/Bond0.34%0.73%0.34%
6United States Treasury Note/Bond0.34%0.80%0.34%
7United States Treasury Note/Bond0.32%0.97%0.32%
8United States Treasury Note/Bond0.32%0.84%0.32%
9United States Treasury Note/Bond0.32%1.01%0.32%
10United States Treasury Note/Bond0.32%0.63%0.32%
11United States Treasury Note/Bond0.29%0.28%0.28%
12United States Treasury Note/Bond0.34%0.23%0.23%

Only in BND

16,287 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.47%
  • 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/Bond0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.36%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.33%

Only in DFCF

598 total
  • Federal National Mortgage Association6.06%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association5.55%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association4.66%
  • United States of America3.48%
  • United States of America3.32%
  • United States of America2.94%
  • United States of America2.89%
  • United States of America2.72%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association2.70%
  • United States of America2.48%

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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.