ETF comparison
BNDX vs FBND
International Bond vs US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Fidelity Total Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
77 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BNDX and FBND would leave roughly 0.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BNDX is 29 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/yr more in fees for FBND.
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 BNDX vs FBND.
Top shared holdings
77 shared in total| # | Holding | In BNDX | In FBND | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | European Union | 0.10% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 2 | European Union | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.03% |
| 3 | Canadian Government Bond | 0.08% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 4 | Canadian Government Bond | 0.05% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 5 | Romanian Government International Bond | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 6 | BAT International Finance PLC | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 7 | SW Finance I PLC | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 8 | Japan Government Ten Year Bond | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 9 | European Union | 0.09% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 10 | Electricite de France SA | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 11 | Volkswagen International Finance NV | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 12 | AusNet Services Holdings Pty Ltd | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in BNDX
6,741 total- United Kingdom Gilt 0.41%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.37%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.36%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.36%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.35%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.34%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.33%
- French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.33%
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.30%
- United Kingdom Gilt 0.30%
Only in FBND
4,553 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 3.16%
- UST NOTES 2.73%
- UST NOTES 2.04%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.99%
- UST NOTES 1.97%
- UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.37%
- UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.36%
- UST NOTES 1.36%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 1.28%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.25%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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/.
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