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BIV vs BOND

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.2 %

131 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIV and BOND would leave roughly 3.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BIV only 95.6% Shared 3.2% BOND only 114.6%
In BIV only
2,209 positions
Shared
131 positions
In BOND only
1,388 positions

Side by side

BIV

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$52.51B
TTM yield
4.25%
Top-10 conc.
21.0%
BOND

PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund

PIMCO · US Aggregate Bond

63 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.54%
Net assets
$8.31B
TTM yield
5.20%
Top-10 conc.
30.5%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
46
52
Tax efficiency
50
100
Liquidity
97
84
Concentration
71
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Tracking quality
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BIV sub-score BOND

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

BIV is 51 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $510/yr more in fees for BOND.

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 BIV vs BOND.

Top shared holdings

131 shared in total
# Holding In BIV In BOND Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.92% 0.29% 0.29%
2 Bank of America Corp 0.09% 0.11% 0.09%
3 Wells Fargo & Co 0.09% 0.19% 0.09%
4 Bank of America Corp 0.09% 0.14% 0.09%
5 Bank of America Corp 0.08% 0.27% 0.08%
6 Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.08% 0.25% 0.08%
7 Wells Fargo & Co 0.08% 0.25% 0.08%
8 JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.08% 0.24% 0.08%
9 JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.07% 0.27% 0.07%
10 Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
11 Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.06% 0.12% 0.06%
12 HSBC Holdings PLC 0.06% 0.06% 0.06%

Only in BIV

2,209 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.29%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.20%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.19%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.18%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.06%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.06%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.03%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.02%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.99%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.95%

Only in BOND

1,388 total
  • UMBS PASS THRU POOLS 6.16%
  • UMBS PASS THRU POOLS 4.28%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 3.66%
  • PIMCO FUNDS 3.49%
  • UMBS PASS THRU POOLS 2.45%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 2.27%
  • FHLMC PASS THRU POOLS 2.11%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 2.09%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 2.06%
  • FHLMC PASS THRU POOLS 1.95%

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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.