ETF comparison
SCHZvsSPAB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
6,659 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHZ and SPAB would leave roughly60.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with SCHZ vs SPAB.
Top shared holdings
6,659 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHZ | In SPAB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.40% | 0.39% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 0.40% | 0.37% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.36% | 0.37% | 0.36% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.36% | 0.37% | 0.36% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 0.42% | 0.35% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.36% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.36% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.33% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
Only in SCHZ
5,668 total- United States Treasury0.30%
- United States Treasury0.29%
- United States Treasury0.21%
- United States Treasury0.21%
- United States Treasury0.15%
- United States Treasury0.14%
- United States Treasury0.14%
- United States Treasury0.13%
- United States Treasury0.13%
- United States Treasury0.12%
Only in SPAB
1,627 total- Government National Mortgage Association0.28%
- Freddie Mac0.20%
- Freddie Mac0.20%
- Government National Mortgage Association0.16%
- Freddie Mac0.15%
- Freddie Mac0.14%
- Freddie Mac0.13%
- Freddie Mac0.13%
- Freddie Mac0.12%
- UMBS, TBA0.12%
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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.