ETF comparison
BOND vs PYLD
Both US Aggregate Bond.
PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
357 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BOND and PYLD would leave roughly 12.6% 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
BOND is 10 bps cheaper than PYLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/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 BOND vs PYLD.
Top shared holdings
357 shared in total| # | Holding | In BOND | In PYLD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 2.57% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 2 | BEIGNET INVESTOR LLC | 1.01% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 3 | RD MICHIGAN PROP OWNER I | 0.36% | 0.84% | 0.36% |
| 4 | VALERIE ASSET LTD | 0.34% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 5 | UMBS, TBA | 0.23% | 6.55% | 0.23% |
| 6 | SAMMONS FINANCIAL GROUP | 0.20% | 0.30% | 0.20% |
| 7 | TITULOS DE TESORERIA | 0.20% | 0.21% | 0.20% |
| 8 | MAPS Trust | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 9 | TITULOS DE TESORERIA | 0.18% | 0.41% | 0.18% |
| 10 | TITULOS DE TESORERIA | 0.17% | 0.41% | 0.17% |
| 11 | DISCOVERY GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC | 0.17% | 0.35% | 0.17% |
| 12 | UMBS, TBA | 0.16% | 1.42% | 0.16% |
Only in BOND
1,162 total- UMBS, TBA 5.56%
- PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%
- UMBS, TBA 3.46%
- United States Treasury 3.39%
- 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%
Only in PYLD
1,400 total- UMBS, TBA 7.01%
- UMBS, TBA 4.83%
- Fannie Mae 2.97%
- UMBS, TBA 1.78%
- Freddie Mac 1.06%
- REPUBLIC OF PERU 0.89%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.79%
- United States Treasury 0.70%
- United States Treasury 0.69%
- United States Treasury 0.60%
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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/.
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