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BNDX vs EBND

Both International Bond.

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
8.7 %

345 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and EBND would leave roughly 8.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BNDX only 90.1% Shared 8.7% EBND only 88.1%
In BNDX only
6,364 positions
Shared
345 positions
In EBND only
289 positions

Side by side

BNDX

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund

Vanguard · International Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$123.29B
TTM yield
4.51%
Top-10 conc.
4.3%
EBND

State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF

State Street · International Bond

71 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.30%
Net assets
$2.26B
TTM yield
5.85%
Top-10 conc.
5.9%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
70
51
Tax efficiency
49
100
Liquidity
72
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BNDX sub-score EBND

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with BNDX vs EBND.

Top shared holdings

345 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% 0.23% 0.11%
3 Republic of Poland Government Bond 0.10% 0.49% 0.10%
4 Korea Treasury Bond 0.09% 0.22% 0.09%
5 Republic of Poland Government Bond 0.09% 0.35% 0.09%
6 Mexican Bonos 0.09% 0.61% 0.09%
7 Korea Treasury Bond 0.08% 0.35% 0.08%
8 Mexican Bonos 0.08% 0.63% 0.08%
9 Korea Treasury Bond 0.08% 0.12% 0.08%
10 Mexican Bonos 0.08% 0.52% 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

6,364 total
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.40%
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.39%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.38%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.37%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.36%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.33%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.30%
  • Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.29%
  • Spain Government Bond 0.29%
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.29%

Only in EBND

289 total
  • NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.73%
  • NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.69%
  • REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.60%
  • REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.52%
  • TITULOS DE TESORERIA 0.52%
  • REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.50%
  • REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.50%
  • REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.49%
  • REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.46%
  • LETRA TESOURO NACIONAL 0.46%

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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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