ETF comparison
BNDX vs EDV
International Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund · Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and EDV would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
EDV is 2 bps cheaper than BNDX. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for BNDX.
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 EDV.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in BNDX
6,709 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 EDV
82 total- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.75%
- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.71%
- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.71%
- United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%
- United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.62%
- United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.58%
- United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.56%
- United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.55%
- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.53%
- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.51%
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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.