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BLV vs NEAR

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and NEAR would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BLV unmatched 98.8% Shared 0.0% NEAR unmatched 97.8%

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.

In BLV only
2,983 positions
Shared
0 positions
In NEAR only
1,824 positions

Side by side

BLV

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$8.32B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
5.10%
Top-10 conc.
11.0%
NEAR

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

73 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$5.22B
TTM yield
4.14%
Top-10 conc.
28.7%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
75
50
Tax efficiency
52
97
Liquidity
88
99
Concentration
73
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Tracking quality
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BLV sub-score NEAR

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

Cost difference

BLV is 22 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for NEAR.

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 BLV vs NEAR.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in BLV

2,983 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.17%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.14%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.10%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.06%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.97%

Only in NEAR

1,824 total
  • United States Treasury 12.04%
  • United States Treasury 3.76%
  • United States Treasury 3.32%
  • United States Treasury 2.83%
  • United States Treasury 1.83%
  • United States Treasury 1.42%
  • United States Treasury 1.30%
  • United States Treasury 1.08%
  • United States Treasury 0.70%
  • United States Treasury 0.47%

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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/.

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.