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BND vs EAGG

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
51.2 %

3,943 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and EAGG would leave roughly 51.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 47.5% Shared 51.2% EAGG only 47.4%
In BND only
13,417 positions
Shared
3,943 positions
In EAGG only
1,295 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%
EAGG

iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$4.90B
TTM yield
4.02%
Top-10 conc.
8.5%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
90
53
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
87
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score EAGG

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

Cost difference

BND 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 BND vs EAGG.

Top shared holdings

3,943 shared in total
# Holding In BND In EAGG Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 0.43% 0.42%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 0.42% 0.42%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.44% 0.41%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.43% 0.39%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.37% 0.37%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.37% 0.36%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.36% 0.36%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40% 0.36% 0.36%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35% 0.39% 0.35%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.34% 0.34%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35% 0.34% 0.34%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35% 0.34% 0.34%

Only in BND

13,417 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.19%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.18%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.18%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.17%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.11%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.10%
  • Federal Home Loan Banks 0.10%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.10%

Only in EAGG

1,295 total
  • UMBS, TBA 0.40%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.34%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.32%
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.28%
  • Fannie Mae 0.28%
  • United States Treasury 0.25%
  • United States Treasury 0.25%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.22%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.20%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.19%

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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.