ETF comparison
BNDX vs BOND
International Bond vs US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and BOND would leave roughly 0.1% 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
BNDX is 47 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/yr more in fees for BOND.
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 BNDX vs BOND.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In BNDX | In BOND | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan Government Thirty Year Bond | 0.04% | 0.17% | 0.04% |
| 2 | Peru Government Bond | 0.03% | 0.27% | 0.03% |
| 3 | Peru Government Bond | 0.03% | 0.18% | 0.03% |
Only in BNDX
6,815 total- United Kingdom Gilt 0.41%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.37%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.36%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.36%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.35%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.34%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.33%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.33%
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.30%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.30%
Only in BOND
1,516 total- UMBS, TBA 5.56%
- PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%
- UMBS, TBA 3.46%
- United States Treasury 3.39%
- UMBS, TBA 2.73%
- United States Treasury 2.57%
- UMBS, TBA 2.54%
- UMBS, TBA 2.27%
- United States Treasury 1.94%
- United States Treasury 1.93%
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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.