ETF comparison
EBND vs IGOV
Both International Bond.
State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
61 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EBND and IGOV would leave roughly 7.1% 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
EBND is 5 bps cheaper than IGOV. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for IGOV.
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 IGOV.
Top shared holdings
61 shared in total| # | Holding | In EBND | In IGOV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel Government Bonds - Fixed | 0.41% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 2 | Israel Government Bonds - Fixed | 0.35% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 3 | Israel Government Bonds - Fixed | 0.49% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 4 | Israel Government Bonds - Fixed | 0.35% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 5 | Israel Government Bonds - Fixed | 0.47% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 6 | Israel Government Bonds - Fixed | 0.42% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 7 | Israel Government Bonds - Fixed | 0.38% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 8 | KOREA TREASURY BOND | 0.25% | 0.27% | 0.25% |
| 9 | Israel Government Bonds - Fixed | 0.25% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 10 | KOREA TREASURY BOND | 0.22% | 0.23% | 0.22% |
| 11 | Israel Government Bonds - Fixed | 0.27% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | Israel Government Bonds - Fixed | 0.26% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
Only in EBND
559 total- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.73%
- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.70%
- MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT 0.65%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.61%
- MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT 0.59%
- TITULOS DE TESORERIA 0.58%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.56%
- MEX BONOS DESARR FIX RT 0.54%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.54%
- BONOS DE TESORERIA 0.53%
Only in IGOV
904 total- Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT 0.52%
- Denmark Government Bonds 0.45%
- SLOVAKIA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.38%
- U.K. Gilts 0.37%
- Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT 0.37%
- French Republic Government Bonds OAT 0.37%
- Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT 0.36%
- JAPAN (10 YEAR ISSUE) 0.32%
- French Republic Government Bonds OAT 0.31%
- French Republic Government Bonds OAT 0.31%
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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
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/methodology/.
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