ETF comparison
FBND vs VUSB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
49 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FBND and VUSB would leave roughly 0.9% 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
VUSB is 26 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/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 VUSB.
Top shared holdings
49 shared in total| # | Holding | In FBND | In VUSB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 0.38% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 2 | WELLS FARGO and CO | 0.27% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 3 | AFFRM 2026-X1 | 0.07% | 0.15% | 0.07% |
| 4 | AERCAP IRELAND CAPITAL DAC / AERCAP GLOBAL AVIATION TRUST | 0.05% | 0.23% | 0.05% |
| 5 | SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP | 0.03% | 0.14% | 0.03% |
| 6 | SOFI CONSUMER LOAN PROGRAM 2026-2 TRUST | 0.03% | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| 7 | JPMORGAN CHASE and CO | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 8 | EXETER SELECT AUTOMOBILE RECEIVABLES TR 2025-3 | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.03% |
| 9 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) | 0.02% | 0.28% | 0.02% |
| 10 | NATWEST GROUP PLC | 0.02% | 0.07% | 0.02% |
| 11 | RKTL 2026-2 | 0.02% | 0.37% | 0.02% |
| 12 | OCP CLO AEGIS 2024-39 LTD | 0.09% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in FBND
4,581 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 3.16%
- UST NOTES 2.73%
- UST NOTES 2.04%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.99%
- UST NOTES 1.97%
- UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.37%
- UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.36%
- UST NOTES 1.36%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 1.28%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.25%
Only in VUSB
1,232 total- United States Treasury Bill 4.19%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.67%
- PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.58%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.52%
- Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.51%
- US Bancorp 0.50%
- Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.49%
- Truist Bank 0.44%
- Westlake Flooring Master Trust 0.44%
- DLLAD 2024-1 LLC 0.43%
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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/.
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