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ETF comparison

BOND vs TIP

US Aggregate Bond vs TIPS.

PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund · iShares TIPS Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.0 %

2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BOND and TIP would leave roughly 3.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BOND unmatched 110.4% Shared 3.0% TIP unmatched 96.4%

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 BOND only
1,517 positions
Shared
2 positions
In TIP only
46 positions

Side by side

BOND

PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund

PIMCO · US Aggregate Bond

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.54%
Net assets
$8.54B
TTM yield
5.37%
Top-10 conc.
35.3%
TIP

iShares TIPS Bond ETF

iShares · TIPS

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$14.23B
TTM yield
4.43%
Top-10 conc.
35.7%

Sub-score comparison

46
Cost
82
50
Tax efficiency
49
97
Liquidity
100
64
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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BOND sub-score TIP

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

Cost difference

TIP is 36 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/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 TIP.

Top shared holdings

2 shared in total
# Holding In BOND In TIP Overlap
1 United States Treasury 1.93% 3.55% 1.93%
2 United States Treasury 1.03% 3.94% 1.03%

Only in BOND

1,517 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%
  • United States Treasury 2.57%
  • UMBS, TBA 2.54%
  • UMBS, TBA 2.27%
  • United States Treasury 1.94%
  • Freddie Mac 1.88%

Only in TIP

46 total
  • United States of America 3.99%
  • United States of America 3.92%
  • United States of America 3.71%
  • United States of America 3.37%
  • United States of America 3.32%
  • United States of America 3.31%
  • United States of America 3.29%
  • United States of America 3.29%
  • United States of America 3.28%
  • United States of America 3.25%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open BOND or TIP at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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.