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BND vs SPAB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
57.8 %

6,622 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and SPAB would leave roughly 57.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 40.9% Shared 57.8% SPAB only 41.2%
In BND only
10,738 positions
Shared
6,622 positions
In SPAB only
1,706 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%
SPAB

State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF

State Street · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$9.63B
TTM yield
4.08%
Top-10 conc.
9.3%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
53
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
99
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score SPAB

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 SPAB.

Top shared holdings

6,622 shared in total
# Holding In BND In SPAB Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48% 0.44% 0.44%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.39% 0.39%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.37% 0.37%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40% 0.37% 0.37%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.37% 0.36%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.36% 0.36%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 0.36% 0.36%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 0.35% 0.35%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 0.34% 0.34%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.33% 0.33%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 0.30% 0.30%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32% 0.29% 0.29%

Only in BND

10,738 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.27%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.27%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.21%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.20%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.19%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.18%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.17%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.16%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.15%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.14%

Only in SPAB

1,706 total
  • State Street Global Advisors 1.15%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.26%
  • Fannie Mae 0.23%
  • United States Treasury 0.18%
  • Freddie Mac 0.15%
  • Freddie Mac 0.13%
  • Fannie Mae 0.13%
  • Fannie Mae 0.12%
  • Fannie Mae 0.12%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.11%

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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.