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BOND vs VGLT

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).

PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
4.9 %

6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BOND and VGLT would leave roughly 4.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BOND only 112.9% Shared 4.9% VGLT only 93.5%
In BOND only
1,513 positions
Shared
6 positions
In VGLT only
90 positions

Side by side

BOND

PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund

PIMCO · US Aggregate Bond

63 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.54%
Net assets
$8.31B
TTM yield
5.20%
Top-10 conc.
30.5%
VGLT

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Long)

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$15.15B
TTM yield
4.67%
Top-10 conc.
21.8%

Sub-score comparison

46
Cost
97
50
Tax efficiency
56
97
Liquidity
100
71
Concentration
83
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Tracking quality
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BOND sub-score VGLT

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

Cost difference

VGLT is 51 bps cheaper than BOND. On a $100,000 position that's about $510/yr more in fees for BOND.

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 BOND vs VGLT.

Top shared holdings

6 shared in total
# Holding In BOND In VGLT Overlap
1 UNITED STATES GOVT 2.27% 1.36% 1.36%
2 UNITED STATES GOVT 1.41% 1.19% 1.19%
3 UNITED STATES GOVT 3.66% 1.19% 1.19%
4 UNITED STATES GOVT 2.09% 0.76% 0.76%
5 UNITED STATES GOVT 0.41% 2.29% 0.41%
6 UNITED STATES GOVT 0.00% 1.42% 0.00%

Only in BOND

1,513 total
  • UMBS PASS THRU POOLS 6.16%
  • UMBS PASS THRU POOLS 4.28%
  • PIMCO FUNDS 3.49%
  • UMBS PASS THRU POOLS 2.45%
  • FHLMC PASS THRU POOLS 2.11%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 2.06%
  • FHLMC PASS THRU POOLS 1.95%
  • FHLMC PASS THRU POOLS 1.58%
  • FNMA PASS THRU POOLS 1.36%
  • UMBS PASS THRU POOLS 1.32%

Only in VGLT

90 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.30%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.25%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.25%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.19%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.19%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.12%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.10%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.67%

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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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