ETF comparison
DFCF vs PAAA
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and PAAA would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
DFCF is 2 bps cheaper than PAAA. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for PAAA.
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 DFCF vs PAAA.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in DFCF
1,770 total- Federal National Mortgage Association 6.19%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 5.34%
- United States of America 4.70%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 4.10%
- United States of America 3.07%
- Government National Mortgage Association 2 3.00%
- United States of America 2.94%
- United States of America 2.93%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 2.85%
- United States of America 2.25%
Only in PAAA
311 total- CBAM 2017-2 LTD 1.58%
- Regatta XXVII Funding Ltd / Regatta XXVII Funding LLC 1.29%
- BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS CLO XII-B LTD 1.21%
- GOLDENTREE LOAN MANAGEMENT US CLO 31 LTD 1.21%
- MAGNETITE XL LTD 1.13%
- OCP CLO LTD 1.12%
- BATTALION CLO XXIV LTD 1.09%
- AGL CORE CLO 1.06%
- REGATTA XXVI FUNDING LTD 1.01%
- BALBOA BAY LOAN FUNDING 2024-1 LTD 1.01%
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- DFCF vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- DFCF vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- DFCF vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 20.9%
More comparisons with PAAA
- PAAA vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- PAAA vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
- PAAA vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- PAAA vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 0.0%
- PAAA vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.0%
- PAAA vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open DFCF or PAAA at a brokerage
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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.