ETF comparison
BNDXvsEBND
Both International Bond.
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
348 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and EBND would leave roughly8.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
BNDX is 23 bps cheaper than EBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for EBND.
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 BNDX vs EBND.
Top shared holdings
348 shared in total| # | Holding | In BNDX | In EBND | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korea Treasury Bond | 0.12% | 0.25% | 0.12% |
| 2 | Republic of Poland Government Bond | 0.11% | 0.24% | 0.11% |
| 3 | Republic of Poland Government Bond | 0.10% | 0.48% | 0.10% |
| 4 | Korea Treasury Bond | 0.09% | 0.21% | 0.09% |
| 5 | Republic of Poland Government Bond | 0.09% | 0.36% | 0.09% |
| 6 | Mexican Bonos | 0.09% | 0.59% | 0.09% |
| 7 | Korea Treasury Bond | 0.08% | 0.32% | 0.08% |
| 8 | Mexican Bonos | 0.08% | 0.65% | 0.08% |
| 9 | Korea Treasury Bond | 0.08% | 0.11% | 0.08% |
| 10 | Mexican Bonos | 0.08% | 0.54% | 0.08% |
| 11 | Republic of Poland Government Bond | 0.08% | 0.32% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Korea Treasury Bond | 0.08% | 0.20% | 0.08% |
Only in BNDX
6,361 total- French Republic Government Bond OAT0.40%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT0.39%
- United Kingdom Gilt0.38%
- United Kingdom Gilt0.37%
- United Kingdom Gilt0.36%
- United Kingdom Gilt0.33%
- United Kingdom Gilt0.30%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro0.29%
- Spain Government Bond0.29%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT0.29%
Only in EBND
273 total- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL0.73%
- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL0.70%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA0.61%
- TITULOS DE TESORERIA0.58%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA0.56%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA0.54%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA0.52%
- LETRA TESOURO NACIONAL0.50%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA0.50%
- LETRA TESOURO NACIONAL0.48%
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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/.
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