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BND vs SCHO

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund · Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
16.8 %

94 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and SCHO would leave roughly 16.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 82.0% Shared 16.8% SCHO only 82.5%
In BND only
17,266 positions
Shared
94 positions
In SCHO only
3 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%
SCHO

Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF

Schwab · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$12.95B
TTM yield
3.90%
Top-10 conc.
14.6%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
53
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
93
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score SCHO

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

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).

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 SCHO.

Top shared holdings

94 shared in total
# Holding In BND In SCHO Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48% 2.22% 0.48%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 1.37% 0.42%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.31% 1.38% 0.31%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.29% 1.38% 0.29%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.27% 1.17% 0.27%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.26% 1.18% 0.26%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.24% 1.16% 0.24%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23% 1.16% 0.23%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23% 1.38% 0.23%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23% 1.15% 0.23%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.22% 0.83% 0.22%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.22% 1.29% 0.22%

Only in BND

17,266 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%

Only in SCHO

3 total
  • United States Treasury 1.15%
  • State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 0.21%
  • United States Treasury 0.16%

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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.