ETF comparison

BNDvsPCY

US Aggregate Bond vs International Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1%

18 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and PCY would leave roughly0.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 98.9%Shared 0.1%PCY only 98.6%
In BND only
17,378 positions
Shared
18 positions
In PCY only
83 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%
PCY

Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF

Invesco · International Bond

58composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$1.31B
TTM yield
6.05%
Top-10 conc.
19.1%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
50
52
Tax efficiency
48
100
Liquidity
62
100
Concentration
87
Tracking quality
BNDsub-scorePCY

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

Cost difference

BND is 47 bps cheaper than PCY. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/yr more in fees for PCY.

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 PCY.

Top shared holdings

18 shared in total
#HoldingIn BNDIn PCYOverlap
1Hungary Government International Bond0.01%0.95%0.01%
2Panama Government International Bond0.01%0.99%0.01%
3Peruvian Government International Bond0.01%0.95%0.01%
4Mexico Government International Bond0.01%0.94%0.01%
5Chile Government International Bond0.01%0.94%0.01%
6Chile Government International Bond0.01%0.95%0.01%
7Mexico Government International Bond0.01%0.94%0.01%
8Peruvian Government International Bond0.00%0.96%0.00%
9Philippine Government International Bond0.00%0.96%0.00%
10Panama Government International Bond0.00%0.99%0.00%
11Republic of Poland Government International Bond0.00%1.46%0.00%
12Chile Government International Bond0.00%0.95%0.00%

Only in BND

17,378 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 PCY

83 total
  • Mongolia Government International Bond1.47%
  • Kuwait International Government Bond1.44%
  • Kuwait International Government Bond1.42%
  • Mongolia Government International Bond1.42%
  • Pakistan Government International Bond1.37%
  • Pakistan Government International Bond1.33%
  • Angolan Government International Bond1.04%
  • Angolan Government International Bond1.03%
  • Angolan Government International Bond1.00%
  • Nigeria Government International Bond1.00%

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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.