ETF comparison
SCHZ vs VMBS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
959 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHZ and VMBS would leave roughly 11.0% 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
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
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 VMBS.
Top shared holdings
959 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHZ | In VMBS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fannie Mae | 0.12% | 0.21% | 0.12% |
| 2 | Freddie Mac | 0.11% | 0.22% | 0.11% |
| 3 | Freddie Mac | 0.10% | 0.24% | 0.10% |
| 4 | Freddie Mac | 0.10% | 0.18% | 0.10% |
| 5 | Freddie Mac | 0.09% | 0.14% | 0.09% |
| 6 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.09% | 0.30% | 0.09% |
| 7 | Government National Mortgage Association | 0.08% | 0.13% | 0.08% |
| 8 | Freddie Mac | 0.08% | 0.19% | 0.08% |
| 9 | Freddie Mac | 0.08% | 0.19% | 0.08% |
| 10 | Fannie Mae | 0.08% | 0.14% | 0.08% |
| 11 | Freddie Mac | 0.07% | 0.13% | 0.07% |
| 12 | Fannie Mae | 0.07% | 0.09% | 0.07% |
Only in SCHZ
11,367 total- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
Only in VMBS
3,903 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.33%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.30%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.28%
- Fannie Mae Pool 0.27%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.26%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.26%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.25%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.25%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.23%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.22%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with SCHZ
- SCHZ vs SPTL · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury Index ETF 9.5%
- SCHZ vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 9.5%
- SCHZ vs IGSB · iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 9.1%
- SCHZ vs SPMB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond Index ETF 8.9%
- SCHZ vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 8.3%
- SCHZ vs IGLB · iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 7.4%
More comparisons with VMBS
- VMBS vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF 9.4%
- VMBS vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 7.7%
- VMBS vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 7.7%
- VMBS vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 5.7%
- VMBS vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 4.7%
- VMBS vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 4.3%
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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