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BNDX vs ICVT

International Bond vs US Corporate Bond.

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund · iShares Convertible Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

BNDX only 98.8% Shared 0.0% ICVT only 98.2%
In BNDX only
6,709 positions
Shared
0 positions
In ICVT only
359 positions

Side by side

BNDX

Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund

Vanguard · International Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$123.29B
TTM yield
4.51%
Top-10 conc.
4.3%
ICVT

iShares Convertible Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$7.53B
TTM yield
1.36%
Top-10 conc.
17.9%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
80
51
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
95
100
Concentration
89
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Tracking quality
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BNDX sub-score ICVT

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

Cost difference

BNDX is 13 bps cheaper than ICVT. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for ICVT.

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 ICVT.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in BNDX

6,709 total
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.40%
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.39%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.38%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.37%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.36%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.33%
  • United Kingdom Gilt 0.30%
  • Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.29%
  • Spain Government Bond 0.29%
  • French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.29%

Only in ICVT

359 total
  • WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 5.19%
  • LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 2.16%
  • ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 2.07%
  • LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 1.75%
  • LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 1.67%
  • BLOOM ENERGY CORP 1.23%
  • LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 1.13%
  • COREWEAVE INC 0.95%
  • SEAGATE HDD CAYMAN 0.90%
  • GAMESTOP CORP 0.82%

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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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