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BND vs VXUS

US Aggregate Bond vs International Total.

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and VXUS would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 98.8% Shared 0.0% VXUS only 97.3%
In BND only
17,360 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VXUS only
8,728 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%
VXUS

Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Total

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$650.32B
TTM yield
2.58%
Top-10 conc.
13.4%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
95
53
Tax efficiency
78
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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BND sub-score VXUS

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

Cost difference

BND is 2 bps cheaper than VXUS. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VXUS.

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 VXUS.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in BND

17,360 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.42%
  • 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%

Only in VXUS

8,728 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.93%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.65%
  • ASML Holding NV 1.30%
  • SK hynix Inc 1.12%
  • Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.74%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.69%
  • Roche Holding AG 0.67%
  • AstraZeneca PLC 0.66%
  • Novartis AG 0.66%

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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.