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BNDX vs FALN

International Bond vs US High Yield Bond.

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

BNDX unmatched 98.0% Shared 0.0% FALN unmatched 97.6%

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 FALN only
158 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%
FALN

iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

68 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$1.56B
TTM yield
6.83%
Top-10 conc.
17.5%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
75
51
Tax efficiency
44
100
Liquidity
65
100
Concentration
89
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Tracking quality
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BNDX sub-score FALN

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

Cost difference

BNDX is 18 bps cheaper than FALN. On a $100,000 position that's about $180/yr more in fees for FALN.

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 FALN.

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 FALN

158 total
  • VODAFONE GROUP PLC 2.98%
  • GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INC 2.14%
  • RESORTS WORLD/RWLV CAP 1.89%
  • PACIFICORP 1.79%
  • UNITED RENTALS NORTH AM 1.55%
  • HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL L 1.53%
  • PERRIGO FINANCE UNLIMITE 1.50%
  • METHANEX CORP 1.44%
  • VF CORP 1.43%
  • NEWELL BRANDS INC 1.28%

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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/.

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