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BND vs IEF

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
4.8 %

19 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and IEF would leave roughly 4.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 93.9% Shared 4.8% IEF only 93.2%
In BND only
17,341 positions
Shared
19 positions
In IEF only
1 positions

Side by side

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$397.86B
TTM yield
3.99%
Top-10 conc.
4.8%
IEF

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Intermediate)

71 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$47.09B
TTM yield
3.92%
Top-10 conc.
84.1%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
85
53
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
0
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score IEF

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

Cost difference

BND is 12 bps cheaper than IEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for IEF.

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 IEF.

Top shared holdings

19 shared in total
# Holding In BND In IEF Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 8.84% 0.42%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 8.64% 0.42%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 8.77% 0.41%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 7.55% 0.41%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40% 8.78% 0.40%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 8.73% 0.39%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 8.73% 0.39%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 8.23% 0.36%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 7.24% 0.36%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32% 4.58% 0.32%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32% 6.39% 0.32%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.24% 8.55% 0.24%

Only in BND

17,341 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.34%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.33%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32%

Only in IEF

1 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.01%

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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.