ETF comparison
EAGG vs MBB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
696 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EAGG and MBB would leave roughly 12.9% 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
MBB is 6 bps cheaper than EAGG. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/yr more in fees for EAGG.
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 EAGG vs MBB.
Top shared holdings
696 shared in total| # | Holding | In EAGG | In MBB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UMBS, TBA | 0.35% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 2 | UMBS, TBA | 0.32% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 3 | UMBS, TBA | 0.20% | 0.64% | 0.20% |
| 4 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.19% | 0.95% | 0.19% |
| 5 | Freddie Mac | 0.42% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 6 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.18% | 0.55% | 0.18% |
| 7 | UMBS, TBA | 0.17% | 0.83% | 0.17% |
| 8 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.16% | 0.67% | 0.16% |
| 9 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.15% | 0.23% | 0.15% |
| 10 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.15% | 0.31% | 0.15% |
| 11 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.12% | 0.30% | 0.12% |
| 12 | Fannie Mae | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.12% |
Only in EAGG
4,514 total- United States Treasury 0.47%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
Only in MBB
10,448 total- Government National Mortgage Association 0.54%
- Fannie Mae 0.44%
- Fannie Mae 0.44%
- Fannie Mae 0.33%
- Fannie Mae 0.28%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.27%
- Fannie Mae 0.23%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.22%
- Freddie Mac 0.22%
- Freddie Mac 0.21%
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- EAGG vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 7.7%
- EAGG vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 6.0%
- EAGG vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 5.2%
- EAGG vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 4.1%
- EAGG vs SPMB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF 3.9%
More comparisons with MBB
- MBB vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 9.0%
- MBB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 6.8%
- MBB vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 5.7%
- MBB vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 5.2%
- MBB vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 4.8%
- MBB vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 3.2%
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/.
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.