ETF comparison
FBND vs GOVT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
Holdings overlap
69 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FBND and GOVT would leave roughly 17.7% 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
GOVT is 31 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/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 FBND vs GOVT.
Top shared holdings
69 shared in total| # | Holding | In FBND | In GOVT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UST NOTES | 1.97% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 2 | UST NOTES | 0.92% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 3 | UST NOTES | 2.04% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 4 | UST NOTES | 1.04% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 5 | UST NOTES | 0.87% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 6 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.75% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 7 | UST NOTES | 0.54% | 0.84% | 0.54% |
| 8 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.73% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 9 | UST NOTES | 0.54% | 0.92% | 0.54% |
| 10 | UST NOTES | 0.53% | 0.76% | 0.53% |
| 11 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.66% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 12 | UST NOTES | 1.36% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
Only in FBND
4,561 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 3.16%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.99%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 1.28%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.25%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 0.97%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 0.57%
- UST NOTES 0.49%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 0.46%
- JPMORGAN CHASE and CO 0.42%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.38%
Only in GOVT
145 total- United States of America 5.28%
- United States of America 2.95%
- United States of America 2.63%
- United States of America 2.08%
- United States of America 1.62%
- United States of America 1.48%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.38%
- United States of America 1.37%
- United States of America 1.36%
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- FBND vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 15.3%
- FBND vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.0%
- FBND vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 14.7%
More comparisons with GOVT
- GOVT vs SPTL · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury Index ETF 16.7%
- GOVT vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 16.6%
- GOVT vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 16.2%
- GOVT vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 15.0%
- GOVT vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 14.8%
- GOVT vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 10.5%
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/.
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.