ETF comparison
SCHZ vs VWOB
US Aggregate Bond vs International Bond.
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
181 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHZ and VWOB would leave roughly 1.0% 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
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Cost difference
SCHZ is 12 bps cheaper than VWOB. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for VWOB.
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 SCHZ vs VWOB.
Top shared holdings
181 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHZ | In VWOB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.20% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.25% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 3 | UNITED MEXICAN STATES | 0.01% | 0.35% | 0.01% |
| 4 | Mexico Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.27% | 0.01% |
| 5 | Mexico Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.31% | 0.01% |
| 6 | Mexico Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.20% | 0.01% |
| 7 | Peru Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.20% | 0.01% |
| 8 | UNITED MEXICAN STATES | 0.01% | 0.28% | 0.01% |
| 9 | Uruguay Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.25% | 0.01% |
| 10 | UNITED MEXICAN STATES | 0.01% | 0.30% | 0.01% |
| 11 | UNITED MEXICAN STATES | 0.01% | 0.27% | 0.01% |
| 12 | Philippines Government International Bonds | 0.01% | 0.15% | 0.01% |
Only in SCHZ
12,145 total- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.35%
Only in VWOB
749 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%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.38%
- Qatar Government International Bond 0.38%
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- SCHZ vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.5%
- SCHZ vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.5%
- SCHZ vs BAB · Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF 0.4%
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- 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%
- VWOB vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VWOB vs EBND · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF 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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