ETF comparison
MBB vs SPAB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares MBS ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
461 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of MBB and SPAB would leave roughly 5.7% 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
SPAB is 1 bps cheaper than MBB. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for MBB.
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 SPAB.
Top shared holdings
461 shared in total| # | Holding | In MBB | In SPAB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fannie Mae | 0.44% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 2 | Fannie Mae | 0.31% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 3 | Fannie Mae | 0.15% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 4 | Fannie Mae | 0.30% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 5 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.16% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 6 | Fannie Mae | 0.11% | 0.13% | 0.11% |
| 7 | Fannie Mae | 0.17% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 8 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.22% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 9 | Fannie Mae | 0.10% | 0.11% | 0.10% |
| 10 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.11% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 11 | Fannie Mae | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 12 | Fannie Mae | 0.12% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in MBB
10,683 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%
- Fannie Mae 0.52%
- Freddie Mac 0.50%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.46%
Only in SPAB
7,824 total- United States Treasury 0.79%
- United States Treasury 0.44%
- United States Treasury 0.43%
- United States Treasury 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
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- SPAB vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 4.9%
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- SPAB vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 3.0%
- SPAB vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 2.1%
- SPAB vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 1.8%
- SPAB vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 1.4%
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.