ETF comparison
BND vs FLOT
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and FLOT would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
BND is 12 bps cheaper than FLOT. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for FLOT.
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 FLOT.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In BND | In FLOT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.00% | 0.13% | 0.00% |
| 2 | Lloyds Banking Group PLC | 0.00% | 0.25% | 0.00% |
Only in BND
17,394 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.47%
- 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 0.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
Only in FLOT
543 total- EUROPEAN BK RECON & DEV 1.15%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 1.05%
- EUROPEAN BK RECON & DEV 0.95%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.89%
- EUROPEAN BK RECON & DEV 0.85%
- INTL FINANCE CORP 0.82%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.77%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.77%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.77%
- INTER-AMERICAN DEVEL BK 0.76%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open BND or FLOT at a brokerage
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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.