ETF comparison
DFCF vs VCRB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
177 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and VCRB would leave roughly 3.4% 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 7 bps cheaper than DFCF. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for DFCF.
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 DFCF vs VCRB.
Top shared holdings
177 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFCF | In VCRB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.75% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.52% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.30% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.28% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.14% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.16% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.10% | 0.49% | 0.10% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.25% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 9 | NOVARTIS CAPITAL CORPORATION | 0.17% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 10 | GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY | 0.13% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | ALPHABET INC. | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in DFCF
1,593 total- Federal National Mortgage Association 6.19%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 5.34%
- United States of America 4.70%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 4.10%
- United States of America 3.07%
- Government National Mortgage Association 2 3.00%
- United States of America 2.94%
- United States of America 2.93%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 2.85%
- United States of America 2.25%
Only in VCRB
3,237 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.33%
- 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%
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- DFCF vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.4%
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- DFCF vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.3%
More comparisons with VCRB
- VCRB vs MBB · iShares MBS ETF 3.2%
- VCRB vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 2.6%
- VCRB vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 2.6%
- VCRB vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 2.6%
- VCRB vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 2.2%
- VCRB vs BINC · iShares Flexible Income Active ETF 1.4%
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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