ETF comparison
FBND vs PAAA
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
8 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FBND and PAAA would leave roughly 0.5% 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
PAAA is 17 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/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 PAAA.
Top shared holdings
8 shared in total| # | Holding | In FBND | In PAAA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RR 27 LTD | 0.12% | 0.93% | 0.12% |
| 2 | PEACE PARK CLO LTD | 0.10% | 0.20% | 0.10% |
| 3 | AIMCO CLO 21 LTD / AIMCO CLO 21 LLC | 0.07% | 0.19% | 0.07% |
| 4 | CIFC FUNDING 2021-VI LTD | 0.06% | 0.48% | 0.06% |
| 5 | ARES LXX CLO LTD / ARES LXX CLO LLC | 0.05% | 0.74% | 0.05% |
| 6 | MADISON PK FDG LXVII LTD / MADISON PK FDG LXVII LLC | 0.02% | 0.09% | 0.02% |
| 7 | OHACP 2024-17A | 0.01% | 0.29% | 0.01% |
| 8 | AIMCO 2019 | 0.01% | 0.21% | 0.01% |
Only in FBND
4,461 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 4.62%
- UST NOTES 2.34%
- UST NOTES 2.21%
- UST NOTES 2.17%
- UST NOTES 1.81%
- UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.53%
- UST NOTES 1.49%
- UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.26%
- UST NOTES 1.20%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.19%
Only in PAAA
321 total- CBAMR LTD 1.92%
- Regatta XXVII Funding Ltd / Regatta XXVII Funding LLC 1.58%
- ELEVATION CLO 2021-12 LTD 1.13%
- OCTAGON INVESTMENT PARTNERS 31 LTD 1.04%
- Cbam 2020-13 Ltd. 0.99%
- ELMWOOD CLO 25 LTD 0.99%
- NEUBERGER BERMAN LOAN ADVISERS CLO 33 LTD 0.96%
- AGL CLO I LTD 0.87%
- RAD CLO 25 LTD 0.80%
- MIDOCEAN CREDIT CLO VII LTD 0.77%
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- PAAA vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.0%
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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
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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