ETF comparison
BND vs HYLB
US Aggregate Bond vs US High Yield Bond.
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and HYLB 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
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Cost difference
BND is 2 bps cheaper than HYLB. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for HYLB.
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 HYLB.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In BND | In HYLB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilgrim's Pride Corp | 0.00% | 0.07% | 0.00% |
| 2 | Pilgrim's Pride Corp | 0.00% | 0.05% | 0.00% |
| 3 | Pilgrim's Pride Corp | 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.00% |
Only in BND
17,393 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 HYLB
1,274 total- 1261229 B.C. LTD 0.53%
- ECHOSTAR CORP 0.51%
- PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 0.40%
- QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.35%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP HOLDINGS INC 0.35%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP INC 0.33%
- DISH NETWORK CORP 0.32%
- ASURION LLC / ASURION CO-ISSUER INC 0.30%
- NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC 0.29%
- HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.29%
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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.