ETF comparison
AGG vs FBND
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Fidelity Total Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
701 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and FBND would leave roughly 16.4% 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
AGG is 33 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/yr more in fees for FBND.
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 AGG vs FBND.
Top shared holdings
701 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In FBND | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.41% | 0.79% | 0.41% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 0.92% | 0.40% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 0.42% | 0.40% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.54% | 0.39% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 2.04% | 0.39% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 1.04% | 0.39% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 0.44% | 0.38% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 1.97% | 0.38% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 0.87% | 0.37% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 2.73% | 0.37% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.34% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 0.53% | 0.31% |
Only in AGG
12,681 total- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.33%
- United States Treasury 0.32%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.30%
- United States Treasury 0.30%
- United States Treasury 0.29%
Only in FBND
3,929 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 3.16%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.25%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 0.97%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 0.30%
- GNMA GUARANTEED PASS THRU CERT 0.29%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) 0.28%
- WELLS FARGO and CO 0.27%
- PETROLEOS MEXICANOS 0.26%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.25%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 0.21%
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More comparisons with AGG
- AGG vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 15.8%
- AGG vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.7%
- AGG vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.7%
- AGG vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 15.5%
- AGG vs SPTS · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury Index ETF 15.4%
- AGG vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 15.3%
More comparisons with FBND
- FBND vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 16.4%
- FBND vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 16.3%
- FBND vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 15.3%
- FBND vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.0%
- FBND vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 14.7%
- FBND vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF 14.6%
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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