ETF comparison
SCHZ vs SPMB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
625 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHZ and SPMB would leave roughly 8.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHZ is 1 bps cheaper than SPMB. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for SPMB.
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 SCHZ vs SPMB.
Top shared holdings
625 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHZ | In SPMB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UMBS, TBA | 0.34% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 2 | UMBS, TBA | 0.22% | 0.36% | 0.22% |
| 3 | UMBS, TBA | 0.17% | 0.60% | 0.17% |
| 4 | UMBS, TBA | 0.13% | 0.26% | 0.13% |
| 5 | Freddie Mac | 0.12% | 0.30% | 0.12% |
| 6 | UMBS, TBA | 0.28% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 7 | Freddie Mac | 0.11% | 0.32% | 0.11% |
| 8 | Freddie Mac | 0.10% | 0.36% | 0.10% |
| 9 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.09% | 0.23% | 0.09% |
| 10 | Freddie Mac | 0.09% | 0.22% | 0.09% |
| 11 | Fannie Mae | 0.08% | 0.39% | 0.08% |
| 12 | Fannie Mae | 0.08% | 0.15% | 0.08% |
Only in SCHZ
11,457 total- United States Treasury 0.44%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
Only in SPMB
2,028 total- Freddie Mac 0.92%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.52%
- Freddie Mac 0.48%
- UMBS, TBA 0.48%
- Fannie Mae 0.47%
- Freddie Mac 0.46%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.45%
- Freddie Mac 0.45%
- Fannie Mae 0.40%
- Freddie Mac 0.40%
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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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