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BND vs GVI

Both US Aggregate Bond.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
53.5 %

5,194 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and GVI would leave roughly 53.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 45.3% Shared 53.5% GVI only 46.1%
In BND only
12,166 positions
Shared
5,194 positions
In GVI only
958 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%
GVI

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.75B
TTM yield
3.63%
Top-10 conc.
7.6%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
80
53
Tax efficiency
53
100
Liquidity
82
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

5,194 shared in total
# Holding In BND In GVI Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48% 0.47% 0.47%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 0.79% 0.42%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 0.75% 0.42%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 0.44% 0.42%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.78% 0.41%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.76% 0.41%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40% 0.74% 0.40%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.73% 0.39%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.77% 0.39%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.76% 0.36%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.66% 0.36%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.58% 0.36%

Only in BND

12,166 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.24%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.22%
  • 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%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.20%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.19%

Only in GVI

958 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.74%
  • United States Treasury 0.47%
  • United States Treasury 0.34%
  • United States Treasury 0.25%
  • United States Treasury 0.22%
  • United States Treasury 0.13%
  • United States Treasury 0.07%
  • KFW 0.03%
  • EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK 0.03%
  • INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.02%

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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.