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BND vs IGOV

US Aggregate Bond vs International Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund · 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 roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 98.8% Shared 0.0% IGOV only 95.3%
In BND only
17,360 positions
Shared
0 positions
In IGOV only
912 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%
IGOV

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · International Bond

68 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$1.37B
TTM yield
1.43%
Top-10 conc.
4.0%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
65
53
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
63
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score IGOV

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with BND vs IGOV.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in BND

17,360 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • 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%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%

Only in IGOV

912 total
  • Denmark Government Bonds 0.49%
  • Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT 0.47%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.47%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.39%
  • Ireland Government Bonds 0.38%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.37%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.37%
  • French Republic Government Bonds OAT 0.36%
  • Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT 0.36%
  • Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.36%

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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.