ETF comparison
JAAA vs PAAA
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
71 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of JAAA and PAAA would leave roughly 9.2% 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
PAAA is 1 bps cheaper than JAAA. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for JAAA.
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 JAAA vs PAAA.
Top shared holdings
71 shared in total| # | Holding | In JAAA | In PAAA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palmer Square CLO Ltd. | 0.50% | 0.85% | 0.50% |
| 2 | Magnetite XXXII Ltd. | 0.60% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 3 | Elmwood CLO 28 Ltd. | 0.51% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 4 | Regatta 32 Funding Ltd. | 0.37% | 0.53% | 0.37% |
| 5 | ARES Loan Funding II Ltd. | 0.45% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 6 | KKR CLO 54 Ltd. | 0.32% | 0.44% | 0.32% |
| 7 | Madison Park Funding XL-R Ltd. | 0.28% | 0.44% | 0.28% |
| 8 | KKR CLO 52 Ltd. | 0.27% | 0.51% | 0.27% |
| 9 | Elmwood CLO II Ltd. | 0.26% | 0.46% | 0.26% |
| 10 | LCM 40 Ltd. | 0.25% | 0.37% | 0.25% |
| 11 | Kings Park CLO Ltd. | 0.39% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 12 | Regatta XXII Funding Ltd. | 0.21% | 0.24% | 0.21% |
Only in JAAA
527 total- KKR CLO 35 Ltd. 0.85%
- AB BSL CLO 1 Ltd. 0.78%
- Anchorage Capital CLO 16 Ltd. 0.73%
- Palmer Square CLO Ltd. 0.68%
- Ares LXI CLO Ltd. 0.68%
- WISE CLO Ltd. 0.62%
- Carlyle US CLO Ltd. 0.60%
- Regatta XIX Funding Ltd. 0.60%
- Oaktree CLO Ltd. 0.60%
- Regatta XI Funding Ltd. 0.60%
Only in PAAA
240 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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- JAAA vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 0.0%
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- PAAA vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.7%
- PAAA vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 0.5%
- PAAA vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 0.3%
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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