ETF comparison
EBND vs EMLC
Both International Bond.
State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF · VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
385 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EBND and EMLC would leave roughly 62.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.30% vs 0.30%).
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 EBND vs EMLC.
Top shared holdings
385 shared in total| # | Holding | In EBND | In EMLC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL | 0.73% | 0.90% | 0.73% |
| 2 | NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL | 0.70% | 0.72% | 0.70% |
| 3 | MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT | 0.65% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 4 | MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT | 0.59% | 0.76% | 0.59% |
| 5 | TITULOS DE TESORERIA | 0.58% | 0.60% | 0.58% |
| 6 | REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA | 0.61% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 7 | REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA | 0.56% | 0.59% | 0.56% |
| 8 | MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT | 0.54% | 0.67% | 0.54% |
| 9 | REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA | 0.54% | 0.59% | 0.54% |
| 10 | REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA | 0.52% | 0.68% | 0.52% |
| 11 | LETRA TESOURO NACIONAL | 0.50% | 0.58% | 0.50% |
| 12 | REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA | 0.50% | 0.61% | 0.50% |
Only in EBND
235 total- Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.49%
- LETRA TESOURO NACIONAL 0.48%
- Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.47%
- Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.42%
- Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.41%
- Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.38%
- PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT 0.37%
- POLAND GOVERNMENT BOND 0.37%
- Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.35%
- Israel Government Bonds - Fixed 0.35%
Only in EMLC
112 total- REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY 0.43%
- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.42%
- BONOS TESORERIA PESOS 0.41%
- REPUBLICA ORIENT URUGUAY 0.40%
- INTL FINANCE CORP 0.39%
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0.34%
- REPUBLICA ORIENT URUGUAY 0.32%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.32%
- REPUBLICA ORIENT URUGUAY 0.30%
- BONOS TESORERIA PESOS 0.30%
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- EBND vs IAGG · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF 10.0%
- EBND vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 8.6%
- EBND vs IGOV · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF 7.1%
- EBND vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- EBND vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- EBND vs EMB · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with EMLC
- EMLC vs IAGG · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF 6.2%
- EMLC vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 5.8%
- EMLC vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- EMLC vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- EMLC vs EMB · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF 0.0%
- EMLC vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
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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