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BNDvsIGOV

US Aggregate Bond vs International Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0%

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and IGOV would leave roughly0.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 99.0%Shared 0.0%IGOV only 95.3%
In BND only
17,396 positions
Shared
0 positions
In IGOV only
912 positions

Side by side

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$398.83B
TTM yield
4.11%
Top-10 conc.
4.6%
IGOV

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · International Bond

69composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$1.55B
TTM yield
1.43%
Top-10 conc.
4.0%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
65
52
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
65
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BNDsub-scoreIGOV

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

BND is 32 bps cheaper than IGOV. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for IGOV.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with BND vs IGOV.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in BND

17,396 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.47%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.39%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.39%

Only in IGOV

912 total
  • Denmark Government Bonds0.49%
  • Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT0.47%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed0.47%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed0.39%
  • Ireland Government Bonds0.38%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed0.37%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed0.37%
  • French Republic Government Bonds OAT0.36%
  • Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT0.36%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed0.36%

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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.