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BNDX vs EMB

Both International Bond.

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and EMB would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BNDX unmatched 98.0% Shared 0.0% EMB unmatched 95.9%

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.

In BNDX only
6,818 positions
Shared
0 positions
In EMB only
614 positions

Side by side

BNDX

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$121.63B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
4.65%
Top-10 conc.
3.5%
EMB

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

iShares · International Bond

74 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.39%
Net assets
$12.93B
TTM yield
5.38%
Top-10 conc.
6.3%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
61
51
Tax efficiency
50
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BNDX sub-score EMB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

BNDX is 32 bps cheaper than EMB. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for EMB.

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 EMB.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in BNDX

6,818 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 EMB

614 total
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 1.21%
  • Ecuador Government International Bonds 0.78%
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.70%
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.65%
  • Argentina Republic Government International Bonds 0.57%
  • Ghana Government International Bonds 0.55%
  • Uruguay Government International Bonds 0.51%
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.50%
  • Oman Government International Bonds 0.42%
  • UKRAINE GOVERNMENT 0.42%

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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.