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BND vs VCRB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund · Vanguard Core Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
21.5 %

1,394 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and VCRB would leave roughly 21.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 77.3% Shared 21.5% VCRB only 88.0%
In BND only
15,966 positions
Shared
1,394 positions
In VCRB only
1,707 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%
VCRB

Vanguard Core Bond ETF

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$7.29B
TTM yield
4.63%
Top-10 conc.
12.9%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
90
53
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
94
100
Concentration
96
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score VCRB

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

Cost difference

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

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 VCRB.

Top shared holdings

1,394 shared in total
# Holding In BND In VCRB Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.39% 0.39%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.42% 0.39%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 0.36% 0.36%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42% 0.36% 0.36%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41% 0.32% 0.32%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32% 0.31% 0.31%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.29% 0.62% 0.29%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.24% 1.17% 0.24%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.24% 0.32% 0.24%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23% 0.39% 0.23%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39% 0.22% 0.22%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.22% 0.21% 0.21%

Only in BND

15,966 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35%
  • 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%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.31%

Only in VCRB

1,707 total
  • Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.53%
  • OBX 2026-INV1 Trust 0.41%
  • Agence Francaise de Developpement EPIC 0.39%
  • Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA 0.38%
  • Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2025-S2 0.35%
  • Central American Bank for Economic Integration 0.34%
  • Cyprus Government International Bond 0.34%
  • Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA 0.31%
  • Foundry JV Holdco LLC 0.31%
  • Fannie Mae Pool 0.30%

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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.