ETF comparison
MBB vs PAAA
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of MBB and PAAA would leave roughly 0.0% 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
MBB is 15 bps cheaper than PAAA. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for PAAA.
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 MBB vs PAAA.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in MBB
11,144 total- Freddie Mac 1.05%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.95%
- UMBS, TBA 0.83%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.67%
- UMBS, TBA 0.64%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.55%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.54%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.53%
- Fannie Mae 0.52%
- Freddie Mac 0.50%
Only in PAAA
329 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%
- RR 27 LTD 0.93%
- AGL CLO I LTD 0.87%
- RAD CLO 25 LTD 0.80%
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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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.