ETF comparison
BOND vs GOVT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BOND and GOVT would leave roughly 0.5% 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
GOVT is 49 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $490/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 GOVT.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In BOND | In GOVT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 0.43% | 0.38% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.09% | 0.39% | 0.09% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 2.57% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 3.39% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 1.32% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in BOND
1,514 total- UMBS, TBA 5.56%
- PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%
- UMBS, TBA 3.46%
- UMBS, TBA 2.73%
- UMBS, TBA 2.54%
- UMBS, TBA 2.27%
- United States Treasury 1.94%
- United States Treasury 1.93%
- Freddie Mac 1.88%
- Freddie Mac 1.76%
Only in GOVT
209 total- United States of America 5.28%
- United States of America 2.95%
- United States of America 2.63%
- United States of America 2.08%
- United States of America 1.62%
- United States of America 1.48%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.38%
- United States of America 1.37%
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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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.