ETF comparison
PCY vs VWOB
Both International Bond.
Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
83 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PCY and VWOB would leave roughly 8.5% 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
VWOB is 35 bps cheaper than PCY. On a $100,000 position that's about $350/yr more in fees for PCY.
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 PCY vs VWOB.
Top shared holdings
83 shared in total| # | Holding | In PCY | In VWOB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar Government International Bond | 0.91% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 2 | Qatar Government International Bond | 0.90% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 3 | Saudi Government International Bond | 0.93% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 4 | Brazilian Government International Bond | 0.95% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 5 | Panama Government International Bond | 0.97% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | Oman Government International Bond | 0.95% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 7 | Republic of Poland Government International Bond | 1.46% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 8 | Turkiye Government International Bond | 0.96% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 9 | Turkiye Government International Bond | 0.94% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 10 | Mexico Government International Bond | 0.91% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 11 | Republic of South Africa Government International Bond | 0.94% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 12 | Brazilian Government International Bond | 0.96% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in PCY
20 total- Trinidad & Tobago Government International Bond 1.01%
- El Salvador Government International Bond 1.01%
- El Salvador Government International Bond 1.00%
- Angolan Government International Bond 0.99%
- Guatemala Government Bond 0.99%
- Trinidad & Tobago Government International Bond 0.98%
- Mongolia Government International Bond 0.98%
- Mongolia Government International Bond 0.98%
- Serbia International Bond 0.97%
- Guatemala Government Bond 0.97%
Only in VWOB
847 total- Argentine Republic Government International Bond 1.20%
- Argentine Republic Government International Bond 0.71%
- Argentine Republic Government International Bond 0.67%
- Argentine Republic Government International Bond 0.58%
- Petroleos Mexicanos 0.55%
- Petroleos Mexicanos 0.51%
- Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl 0.47%
- Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl 0.41%
- Saudi Government International Bond 0.38%
- Saudi Government International Bond 0.38%
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- VWOB vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 1.0%
- VWOB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 1.0%
- VWOB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.9%
- VWOB vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.1%
- VWOB vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- VWOB vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
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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