ETF comparison
BNDXvsIAGG
Both International Bond.
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
4,173 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and IAGG would leave roughly48.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.070% vs 0.070%).
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 IAGG.
Top shared holdings
4,173 shared in total| # | Holding | In BNDX | In IAGG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bundesobligation | 0.24% | 0.35% | 0.24% |
| 2 | United Kingdom Gilt | 0.23% | 0.31% | 0.23% |
| 3 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.23% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 4 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.28% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 5 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.23% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 6 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.24% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 7 | Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe | 0.20% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 8 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.23% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 9 | United Kingdom Gilt | 0.19% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 10 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.25% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.29% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 12 | French Republic Government Bond OAT | 0.22% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
Only in BNDX
2,536 total- French Republic Government Bond OAT0.18%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro0.14%
- Kingdom of Belgium Government Bond0.11%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro0.11%
- Republic of Poland Government Bond0.11%
- Netherlands Government Bond0.10%
- Malaysia Government Bond0.09%
- Kingdom of Belgium Government Bond0.09%
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe0.08%
- Japan Government Two Year Bond0.08%
Only in IAGG
3,667 total- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND0.70%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND0.49%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND0.43%
- Bundesobligation0.38%
- CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK0.29%
- CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK0.29%
- AGRICUL DEV BANK CHINA0.19%
- AGRICUL DEV BANK CHINA0.19%
- EXPORT-IMPORT BANK CHINA0.18%
- U.K. Gilts0.18%
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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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