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ETF comparison

BND vs GVI

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
53.4 %

5,230 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and GVI would leave roughly 53.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND unmatched 45.6% Shared 53.4% GVI unmatched 45.4%

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.

In BND only
12,166 positions
Shared
5,230 positions
In GVI only
947 positions

Side by side

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$389.05B
whole fund, 6 share classes
TTM yield
4.13%
Top-10 conc.
4.1%
GVI

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.74B
TTM yield
3.74%
Top-10 conc.
7.4%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
80
52
Tax efficiency
53
100
Liquidity
81
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score GVI

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

Cost difference

BND is 17 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for GVI.

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 GVI.

Top shared holdings

5,230 shared in total
# Holding In BND In GVI Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.47% 0.61% 0.47%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.79% 0.41%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.76% 0.41%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.45% 0.41%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.69% 0.41%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.70% 0.41%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.73% 0.41%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40% 0.77% 0.40%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.76% 0.39%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.56% 0.39%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.60% 0.36%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.76% 0.36%

Only in BND

12,166 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.33%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.31%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.25%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.24%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.22%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.21%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.21%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.21%

Only in GVI

947 total
  • United States Treasury 0.60%
  • United States Treasury 0.26%
  • United States Treasury 0.26%
  • United States Treasury 0.20%
  • United States Treasury 0.06%
  • KFW 0.03%
  • INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.03%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02%
  • MORGAN STANLEY 0.02%
  • CITIGROUP INC 0.02%

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/.

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.