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ETF comparison

BND vs SCHO

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
17.2 %

94 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and SCHO would leave roughly 17.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND unmatched 81.8% Shared 17.2% SCHO unmatched 81.8%

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.

In BND only
17,302 positions
Shared
94 positions
In SCHO only
2 positions

Side by side

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$389.05B
whole fund, 6 share classes
TTM yield
4.13%
Top-10 conc.
4.1%
SCHO

Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF

Schwab · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$15.28B
TTM yield
3.83%
Top-10 conc.
14.4%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
52
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score SCHO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).

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 SCHO.

Top shared holdings

94 shared in total
# Holding In BND In SCHO Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.47% 2.18% 0.47%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 1.34% 0.41%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.33% 1.36% 0.33%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.27% 1.15% 0.27%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.25% 1.16% 0.25%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.25% 1.12% 0.25%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.25% 1.13% 0.25%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.24% 1.39% 0.24%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23% 1.37% 0.23%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23% 1.32% 0.23%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23% 1.14% 0.23%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23% 0.80% 0.23%

Only in BND

17,302 total
  • 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%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%

Only in SCHO

2 total
  • United States Treasury 1.12%
  • United States Treasury 0.16%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open BND or SCHO at a brokerage

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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.