ETF comparison
BOND vs DFCF
Both US Aggregate Bond.
PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF
Holdings overlap
51 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BOND and DFCF would leave roughly 5.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFCF is 37 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $370/yr more in fees for BOND.
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 BOND vs DFCF.
Top shared holdings
51 shared in total| # | Holding | In BOND | In DFCF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UMBS, TBA | 2.73% | 6.19% | 2.73% |
| 2 | Government National Mortgage Association | 1.21% | 3.00% | 1.21% |
| 3 | UMBS, TBA | 0.48% | 2.85% | 0.48% |
| 4 | GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | ENEL FINANCE INTL NV | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.05% |
| 6 | BROOKFIELD FINANCE INC | 0.13% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 7 | UNUM GROUP | 0.12% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 8 | HOST HOTELS & RESORTS LP | 0.16% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | TARGA RESOURCES CORP | 0.04% | 0.05% | 0.04% |
| 11 | ASHTEAD CAPITAL INC | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | BAYER US FINANCE LLC | 0.04% | 0.19% | 0.04% |
Only in BOND
1,468 total- UMBS, TBA 5.56%
- PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%
- UMBS, TBA 3.46%
- United States Treasury 3.39%
- United States Treasury 2.57%
- UMBS, TBA 2.54%
- UMBS, TBA 2.27%
- United States Treasury 1.94%
- United States Treasury 1.93%
- Freddie Mac 1.88%
Only in DFCF
1,719 total- Federal National Mortgage Association 5.34%
- United States of America 4.70%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 4.10%
- United States of America 3.07%
- United States of America 2.94%
- United States of America 2.93%
- United States of America 2.25%
- United States of America 1.99%
- Government National Mortgage Association 2 1.74%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 1.65%
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- DFCF vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 3.9%
- DFCF vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 3.6%
- DFCF vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 3.6%
- DFCF vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 3.4%
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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