ETF comparison
JCPB vs VMBS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of JCPB and VMBS would leave roughly 1.2% 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
VMBS is 34 bps cheaper than JCPB. On a $100,000 position that's about $340/yr more in fees for JCPB.
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 JCPB vs VMBS.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In JCPB | In VMBS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FNMA/FHLMC | 1.39% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 2 | FNMA/FHLMC | 1.26% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 3 | FNMA/FHLMC | 1.13% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 4 | GNMA | 0.21% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 5 | GNMA | 0.14% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | GNMA | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.05% |
| 7 | FHLMC Pool | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.05% |
| 8 | FNMA | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 9 | FHLMC Pool | 0.03% | 0.04% | 0.03% |
| 10 | GNMA | 0.21% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 11 | GNMA | 0.03% | 0.12% | 0.03% |
| 12 | GNMA | 0.02% | 0.12% | 0.02% |
Only in JCPB
2,665 total- United States of America 2.68%
- United States of America 1.06%
- United States of America 0.91%
- United States of America 0.76%
- United States of America 0.73%
- United States of America 0.66%
- United States of America 0.63%
- United States of America 0.58%
- United States of America 0.55%
- United States of America 0.55%
Only in VMBS
4,838 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.33%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.30%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.29%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.28%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.27%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.27%
- Fannie Mae Pool 0.27%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.26%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.26%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.26%
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- VMBS vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.0%
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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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