ETF comparison
SPABvsSPMB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
682 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPAB and SPMB would leave roughly18.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPAB is 1 bps cheaper than SPMB. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for SPMB.
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 SPAB vs SPMB.
Top shared holdings
682 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPAB | In SPMB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.28% | 0.36% | 0.28% |
| 2 | UMBS, TBA | 0.27% | 0.45% | 0.27% |
| 3 | UMBS, TBA | 0.23% | 0.63% | 0.23% |
| 4 | Fannie Mae | 0.21% | 0.47% | 0.21% |
| 5 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.21% | 0.42% | 0.21% |
| 6 | Freddie Mac | 0.20% | 1.17% | 0.20% |
| 7 | Freddie Mac | 0.20% | 0.36% | 0.20% |
| 8 | Freddie Mac | 0.20% | 0.33% | 0.20% |
| 9 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | Freddie Mac | 0.17% | 0.76% | 0.17% |
| 11 | Freddie Mac | 0.17% | 0.43% | 0.17% |
| 12 | Freddie Mac | 0.16% | 0.29% | 0.16% |
Only in SPAB
7,604 total- United States Treasury0.79%
- United States Treasury0.44%
- United States Treasury0.43%
- United States Treasury0.42%
- United States Treasury0.40%
- United States Treasury0.40%
- United States Treasury0.39%
- United States Treasury0.38%
- United States Treasury0.37%
- United States Treasury0.37%
Only in SPMB
2,018 total- Fannie Mae0.79%
- Fannie Mae0.49%
- Government National Mortgage Association0.41%
- Fannie Mae0.37%
- Government National Mortgage Association0.36%
- Fannie Mae0.35%
- Fannie Mae0.35%
- Freddie Mac0.35%
- Government National Mortgage Association0.34%
- Government National Mortgage Association0.32%
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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.