ETF comparison
BOND vs VCRB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund · Vanguard Core Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
102 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BOND and VCRB would leave roughly 2.2% 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
VCRB is 44 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/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 VCRB.
Top shared holdings
102 shared in total| # | Holding | In BOND | In VCRB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UMBS, TBA | 0.23% | 2.33% | 0.23% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 3 | Fannie Mae | 0.49% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 1.32% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 3.39% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 1.94% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | RD MICHIGAN PROP OWNER I | 0.36% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 8 | SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP | 0.06% | 0.12% | 0.06% |
| 9 | CHPE LLC | 0.06% | 0.08% | 0.06% |
| 10 | CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CO | 0.05% | 0.18% | 0.05% |
| 11 | HPS CORPORATE LENDING FU | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | STELLANTIS FINANCIAL SER | 0.04% | 0.07% | 0.04% |
Only in BOND
1,417 total- UMBS, TBA 5.56%
- PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%
- UMBS, TBA 3.46%
- UMBS, TBA 2.73%
- United States Treasury 2.57%
- UMBS, TBA 2.54%
- UMBS, TBA 2.27%
- United States Treasury 1.93%
- Freddie Mac 1.88%
- Freddie Mac 1.76%
Only in VCRB
3,312 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.02%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.97%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.75%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.68%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.65%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.60%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
- OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.56%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.55%
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- BOND vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 1.6%
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More comparisons with VCRB
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- VCRB vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
- VCRB vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.4%
- VCRB vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.3%
- VCRB vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.2%
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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