ETF comparison
BND vs MUNI
US Aggregate Bond vs US Municipal Bond.
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and MUNI would leave roughly 0.7% 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 32 bps cheaper than MUNI. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for MUNI.
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 MUNI.
Top shared holdings
6 shared in total| # | Holding | In BND | In MUNI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.19% | 1.78% | 0.19% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.15% | 1.16% | 0.15% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.14% | 0.15% | 0.14% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.14% | 0.86% | 0.14% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.10% | 2.20% | 0.10% |
| 6 | Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp | 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.00% |
Only in BND
17,390 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 MUNI
640 total- Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sales Tax Revenue 0.81%
- Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority 0.81%
- Black Belt Energy Gas District 0.81%
- Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp V 0.80%
- Fort Bend Independent School District 0.79%
- FHLMC Multifamily VRD Certificates 0.71%
- Michigan State Housing Development Authority 0.70%
- State of Washington 0.68%
- Ohio Higher Educational Facility Commission 0.65%
- New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue 0.65%
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- BND vs PCY · Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF 0.1%
More comparisons with MUNI
- MUNI vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.6%
- MUNI vs SUB · iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF 0.5%
- MUNI vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.3%
- MUNI vs CMF · iShares California Muni Bond ETF 0.2%
- MUNI vs BAB · Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF 0.0%
- MUNI vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
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.