ETF comparison
EBND vs IAGG
Both International Bond.
State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
326 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EBND and IAGG would leave roughly 10.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IAGG is 23 bps cheaper than EBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for EBND.
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 EBND vs IAGG.
Top shared holdings
326 shared in total| # | Holding | In EBND | In IAGG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.26% | 0.39% | 0.26% |
| 2 | CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.26% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 3 | CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.21% | 0.51% | 0.21% |
| 4 | CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.20% | 0.45% | 0.20% |
| 5 | CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.19% | 0.70% | 0.19% |
| 6 | CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.18% | 0.23% | 0.18% |
| 7 | CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.17% | 0.23% | 0.17% |
| 8 | CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.16% | 0.36% | 0.16% |
| 9 | POLAND GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.21% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 10 | CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.26% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 11 | POLAND GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.33% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 12 | CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND | 0.17% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in EBND
308 total- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.73%
- NOTA DO TESOURO NACIONAL 0.69%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.60%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.52%
- TITULOS DE TESORERIA 0.52%
- BONOS DE TESORERIA 0.51%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.50%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.50%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.49%
- REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 0.46%
Only in IAGG
7,514 total- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.43%
- Bundesobligation 0.38%
- Bundesobligation 0.35%
- U.K. Gilts 0.31%
- CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK 0.29%
- CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK 0.29%
- CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK 0.29%
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.28%
- French Republic Government Bonds OAT 0.25%
- French Republic Government Bonds OAT 0.23%
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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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