ETF comparison
FBND vs JAAA
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
18 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FBND and JAAA would leave roughly 0.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
JAAA is 16 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for FBND.
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 FBND vs JAAA.
Top shared holdings
18 shared in total| # | Holding | In FBND | In JAAA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAGNETITE XXVI LTD / MAGNETITE XXVI LLC | 0.12% | 0.19% | 0.12% |
| 2 | PEACE PARK CLO LTD | 0.10% | 0.19% | 0.10% |
| 3 | OHA CREDIT FUNDING 16-R LTD | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 4 | RR 27 LTD | 0.13% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT CLO 2023-4 LTD | 0.06% | 0.11% | 0.06% |
| 6 | RRAM 2022-24A | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.05% |
| 7 | CEDAR FDG XII CLO LTD / CEDAR FDG XII CLO LLC | 0.05% | 0.09% | 0.05% |
| 8 | SIXTH STREET CLO XVIII LTD | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.05% |
| 9 | BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS CLO 43 LTD | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | ALLEGRO CLO XII LTD | 0.04% | 0.10% | 0.04% |
| 11 | CARLYLE US CLO 2021-10 LTD | 0.03% | 0.65% | 0.03% |
| 12 | MAGNETITE XLI LTD | 0.03% | 0.14% | 0.03% |
Only in FBND
4,374 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 2.92%
- UST NOTES 2.86%
- UST NOTES 2.23%
- UST NOTES 2.12%
- UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.69%
- UST NOTES 1.64%
- UST NOTES 1.54%
- UST NOTES 1.53%
- UST NOTES 1.47%
- UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.39%
Only in JAAA
582 total- KKR CLO 35 Ltd. 0.93%
- AB BSL CLO 1 Ltd. 0.85%
- Anchorage Capital CLO 16 Ltd. 0.79%
- Anchorage Capital CLO 17 Ltd. 0.77%
- Carlyle US CLO Ltd. 0.68%
- Regatta XIX Funding Ltd. 0.65%
- Magnetite XXXII Ltd. 0.65%
- Galaxy 35 CLO Ltd. 0.64%
- Symphony CLO XVIII Ltd. 0.64%
- OFSI BSL XV CLO Ltd. 0.63%
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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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