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BND vs DFCF

Both US Aggregate Bond.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
13.7 %

1,115 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and DFCF would leave roughly 13.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 85.0% Shared 13.7% DFCF only 109.2%
In BND only
16,245 positions
Shared
1,115 positions
In DFCF only
592 positions

Side by side

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$397.86B
TTM yield
3.99%
Top-10 conc.
4.8%
DFCF

Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF

Dimensional · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.17%
Net assets
$10.87B
TTM yield
4.36%
Top-10 conc.
36.8%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
83
53
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
62
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score DFCF

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with BND vs DFCF.

Top shared holdings

1,115 shared in total
# Holding In BND In DFCF Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.72% 0.39%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.73% 0.36%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.77% 0.36%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35% 0.84% 0.35%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35% 0.80% 0.35%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.34% 0.73% 0.34%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.33% 0.84% 0.33%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32% 1.01% 0.32%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32% 0.97% 0.32%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32% 0.63% 0.32%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.24% 0.28% 0.24%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35% 0.23% 0.23%

Only in BND

16,245 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32%

Only in DFCF

592 total
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 6.06%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 5.55%
  • United States of America 3.48%
  • United States of America 3.32%
  • United States of America 2.94%
  • United States of America 2.89%
  • United States of America 2.72%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 2.70%
  • United States of America 2.48%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 2 2.32%

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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.