ETF comparison
EAGG vs VMBS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
276 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EAGG and VMBS would leave roughly 7.7% 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
VMBS is 7 bps cheaper than EAGG. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/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 VMBS.
Top shared holdings
276 shared in total| # | Holding | In EAGG | In VMBS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UMBS, TBA | 0.51% | 0.52% | 0.51% |
| 2 | UMBS, TBA | 0.35% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 3 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.19% | 0.29% | 0.19% |
| 4 | UMBS, TBA | 0.32% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 5 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.18% | 0.32% | 0.18% |
| 6 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.16% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 7 | UMBS, TBA | 0.17% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 8 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.15% | 0.20% | 0.15% |
| 9 | UMBS, TBA | 0.20% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 10 | UMBS, TBA | 0.14% | 0.25% | 0.14% |
| 11 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.12% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 12 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.12% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
Only in EAGG
4,934 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 VMBS
4,836 total- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.36%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.31%
- Fannie Mae Pool 0.29%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.27%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.27%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.24%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.24%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.23%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.22%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.21%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with EAGG
- 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%
- EAGG vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 2.2%
- EAGG vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 1.8%
More comparisons with VMBS
- VMBS vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 7.6%
- VMBS vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 4.7%
- VMBS vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 4.6%
- VMBS vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 4.5%
- VMBS vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 1.8%
- VMBS vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 1.8%
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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