ETF comparison

BNDvsSPMB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
5.9%

845 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and SPMB would leave roughly5.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 93.1%Shared 5.9%SPMB only 93.2%
In BND only
16,551 positions
Shared
845 positions
In SPMB only
1,855 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%
SPMB

State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF

State Street · US Aggregate Bond

86composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$7.14B
TTM yield
4.23%
Top-10 conc.
13.8%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
96
52
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
94
100
Concentration
95
Tracking quality
BNDsub-scoreSPMB

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

Cost difference

BND is 1 bps cheaper than SPMB. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for SPMB.

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 SPMB.

Top shared holdings

845 shared in total
#HoldingIn BNDIn SPMBOverlap
1Ginnie Mae II Pool0.11%0.36%0.11%
2Ginnie Mae II Pool0.07%0.23%0.07%
3Fannie Mae Pool0.06%0.26%0.06%
4Fannie Mae Pool0.06%0.14%0.06%
5Ginnie Mae II Pool0.06%0.42%0.06%
6Freddie Mac Pool0.06%0.29%0.06%
7Fannie Mae Pool0.06%0.17%0.06%
8Freddie Mac Pool0.05%0.23%0.05%
9Fannie Mae Pool0.05%0.26%0.05%
10Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac0.05%0.20%0.05%
11Ginnie Mae II Pool0.05%0.32%0.05%
12Ginnie Mae II Pool0.06%0.05%0.05%

Only in BND

16,551 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 SPMB

1,855 total
  • State Street Global Advisors1.03%
  • Fannie Mae0.49%
  • Fannie Mae0.47%
  • Fannie Mae0.45%
  • Freddie Mac0.44%
  • Fannie Mae0.37%
  • Fannie Mae0.36%
  • Fannie Mae0.35%
  • Fannie Mae0.35%
  • Freddie Mac0.35%

Open BND or SPMB 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.