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BNDX vs PYLD

International Bond vs US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1 %

8 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and PYLD would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BNDX unmatched 97.9% Shared 0.1% PYLD unmatched 110.4%

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
6,810 positions
Shared
8 positions
In PYLD only
1,749 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%
PYLD

PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund

PIMCO · US Aggregate Bond

58 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.64%
Net assets
$15.87B
TTM yield
6.57%
Top-10 conc.
36.1%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
36
51
Tax efficiency
47
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
63
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Tracking quality
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BNDX sub-score PYLD

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

Cost difference

BNDX is 57 bps cheaper than PYLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $570/yr more in fees for PYLD.

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 PYLD.

Top shared holdings

8 shared in total
# Holding In BNDX In PYLD Overlap
1 Romanian Government International Bond 0.02% 0.07% 0.02%
2 Romanian Government International Bond 0.02% 0.11% 0.02%
3 Peru Government Bond 0.02% 0.01% 0.01%
4 Morgan Stanley 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 Baker Hughes Holdings LLC / Baker Hughes Co-Obligor Inc 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
6 Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.00% 0.01% 0.00%
7 Baker Hughes Holdings LLC / Baker Hughes Co-Obligor Inc 0.00% 0.01% 0.00%
8 Royal Bank of Canada 0.00% 0.01% 0.00%

Only in BNDX

6,810 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 PYLD

1,749 total
  • UMBS, TBA 7.01%
  • UMBS, TBA 6.55%
  • UMBS, TBA 4.83%
  • Fannie Mae 2.97%
  • UMBS, TBA 1.78%
  • UMBS, TBA 1.42%
  • United States Treasury 1.20%
  • Freddie Mac 1.06%
  • REPUBLIC OF PERU 0.89%
  • RD MICHIGAN PROP OWNER I 0.84%

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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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