ETF comparison
BND vs VCRB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Core Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
1,470 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and VCRB would leave roughly 16.9% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
BND is 7 bps cheaper than VCRB. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for VCRB.
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 VCRB.
Top shared holdings
1,470 shared in total| # | Holding | In BND | In VCRB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.51% | 0.41% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.52% | 0.41% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.35% | 0.43% | 0.35% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.24% | 1.02% | 0.24% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.23% | 0.54% | 0.23% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.20% | 0.27% | 0.20% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.19% | 0.35% | 0.19% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.19% | 0.34% | 0.19% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.21% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.17% | 0.65% | 0.17% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.16% | 0.53% | 0.16% |
Only in BND
15,926 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 0.40%
- 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%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35%
Only in VCRB
1,944 total- Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
- OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
- Finland Government International Bond 0.54%
- OBX 2026-INV4 Trust 0.47%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.34%
- Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA 0.33%
- EFMT 2026-AE4 0.32%
- Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2025-S2 0.30%
- Foundry JV Holdco LLC 0.29%
- PMT Loan Trust 2026-J3 0.29%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BND
- BND vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 16.6%
- BND vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 16.1%
- BND vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.9%
- BND vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 15.5%
- BND vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.4%
- BND vs SPIB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF 15.4%
More comparisons with VCRB
- VCRB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 16.8%
- VCRB vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 15.8%
- VCRB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.0%
- VCRB vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 14.6%
- VCRB vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 13.1%
- VCRB vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 12.1%
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.