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BND vs EAGG

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
50.9 %

3,861 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and EAGG would leave roughly 50.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND unmatched 48.1% Shared 50.9% EAGG unmatched 47.3%

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 BND only
13,535 positions
Shared
3,861 positions
In EAGG only
1,292 positions

Side by side

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$400.61B
whole fund, 6 share classes
TTM yield
3.79%
Top-10 conc.
4.1%
EAGG

iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$5.11B
TTM yield
3.81%
Top-10 conc.
4.1%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
90
53
Tax efficiency
53
100
Liquidity
87
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score EAGG

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

Cost difference

BND is 7 bps cheaper than EAGG. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for EAGG.

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 BND vs EAGG.

Top shared holdings

3,861 shared in total
# Holding In BND In EAGG Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40% 0.43% 0.40%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.37% 0.37%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.37% 0.37%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.37% 0.37%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.37% 0.37%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.36% 0.36%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.35% 0.35%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.35% 0.35%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35% 0.34% 0.34%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.47% 0.33% 0.33%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.32% 0.32%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35% 0.32% 0.32%

Only in BND

13,535 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.22%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.21%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.19%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.18%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.16%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.16%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.15%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.12%
  • Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.11%

Only in EAGG

1,292 total
  • UMBS, TBA 0.65%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.40%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.37%
  • United States Treasury 0.29%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.28%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.26%
  • Fannie Mae 0.23%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.23%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.22%
  • United States Treasury 0.22%

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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.