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BNDX vs IAGG

Both International Bond.

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
48.8 %

4,173 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and IAGG would leave roughly 48.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BNDX only 50.1% Shared 48.8% IAGG only 42.3%
In BNDX only
2,536 positions
Shared
4,173 positions
In IAGG only
3,667 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%
IAGG

iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF

iShares · International Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$10.74B
TTM yield
4.51%
Top-10 conc.
4.9%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
93
51
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BNDX sub-score IAGG

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

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 the cost 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 OAT 0.18%
  • Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.14%
  • Kingdom of Belgium Government Bond 0.11%
  • Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.11%
  • Republic of Poland Government Bond 0.11%
  • Netherlands Government Bond 0.10%
  • Malaysia Government Bond 0.09%
  • Kingdom of Belgium Government Bond 0.09%
  • Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.08%
  • Japan Government Two Year Bond 0.08%

Only in IAGG

3,667 total
  • CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.70%
  • CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.49%
  • CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.43%
  • Bundesobligation 0.38%
  • CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK 0.29%
  • CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK 0.29%
  • AGRICUL DEV BANK CHINA 0.19%
  • AGRICUL DEV BANK CHINA 0.19%
  • EXPORT-IMPORT BANK CHINA 0.18%
  • U.K. Gilts 0.18%

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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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