ETF comparison
BONDvsVGLT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
8 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BOND and VGLT would leave roughly5.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
VGLT is 51 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $510/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with BOND vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
8 shared in total| # | Holding | In BOND | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 2.57% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 3.39% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 1.32% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 1.94% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.73% | 1.34% | 0.73% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 2.21% | 0.38% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.09% | 2.22% | 0.09% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.00% | 1.37% | 0.00% |
Only in BOND
1,512 total- UMBS, TBA5.56%
- PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund4.07%
- UMBS, TBA3.46%
- UMBS, TBA2.73%
- UMBS, TBA2.54%
- UMBS, TBA2.27%
- United States Treasury1.93%
- Freddie Mac1.88%
- Freddie Mac1.76%
- UMBS, TBA1.58%
Only in VGLT
89 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.83%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.64%
Open BOND or VGLT at a brokerage
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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.