BND vs SMTH
Vanguard Total Bond Market against ALPS Smith Core Plus Bond ETF: cost, size, returns, what they hold and how much of it is the same.
Overlap by weight
4%
168 shared positions
Fee gap
56 bp
BND is cheaper
1-year return gap
0.8 pts
BND is ahead
Larger fund
BND
$162.8B
Side by side
| BND | SMTH | |
|---|---|---|
| Fund | Vanguard Total Bond Market | ALPS Smith Core Plus Bond ETF |
| Issuer | Vanguard | ALPS |
| Category | Core Bond | Core Bond |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 0.59% |
| Assets | $162.8B | $2.7B |
| Average daily dollar volume | $852M | $42M |
| Listed | Apr 3, 2007 | Dec 5, 2023 |
| FrenzyCap score | 99 | 63 |
| 1-month return | −0.9% | −1.2% |
| 3-month return | −2.1% | −2.2% |
| Year to date | −4.5% | −5.1% |
| 1-year return | −5.6% | −6.5% |
| 30-day volatility | 5.0% | 4.9% |
| Worst drawdown, 1 year | −7.0% | −7.4% |
| Trailing 12-month yield | 4.15% | 4.44% |
| Holdings | 16,310 | 985 |
| Top 10 weight | 4.0% | 30.9% |
| Look-through P/E | — | — |
| Holdings vs fair value | — | — |
| Holdings above 200-day average | — | — |
| Net flow, latest 3 reported months | +$9.3B thru Jun 2026 | +$252M thru May 2026 |
| 30-day implied volatility | 5.8% | — |
| Holdings as of | as of Sep 30, 2026issuer data | as of May 31, 2026SEC filing |
Returns are price returns and exclude distributions. Flows are each fund's own latest reported months and may not cover the same period.
Largest shared holdings
4% of BND · 62% of SMTH| Holding | BND | SMTH |
|---|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.5%, due Jan 31, 2028 | 0.41% | 0.73% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125%, due Feb 15, 2036 | 0.39% | 1.52% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 5%, due May 15, 2056 | 0.27% | 0.49% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.375%, due May 15, 2036 | 0.26% | 1.68% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.25%, due Jan 31, 2030 | 0.23% | 2.90% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125%, due Oct 31, 2029 | 0.22% | 4.31% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4%, due May 31, 2030 | 0.21% | 1.36% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.75%, due Feb 15, 2056 | 0.21% | 1.60% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.875%, due Mar 31, 2028 | 0.18% | 0.49% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.75%, due Aug 15, 2055 | 0.18% | 3.03% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.5%, due Oct 31, 2027 | 0.16% | 1.35% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.625%, due Nov 15, 2055 | 0.14% | 3.52% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.875%, due Aug 15, 2045 | 0.13% | 2.52% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.375%, due Feb 29, 2028 | 0.12% | 5.53% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.625%, due Nov 15, 2045 | 0.10% | 3.92% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125%, due Apr 30, 2033 | 0.14% | 0.10% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.875%, due Apr 30, 2031 | 0.07% | 0.49% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.625%, due Feb 15, 2046 | 0.13% | 0.04% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 5.065%, due Jan 21, 2037 | 0.03% | 0.21% |
| Oracle Corp 5.7%, due Feb 4, 2036 | 0.02% | 0.15% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.622%, due Apr 23, 2032 | 0.02% | 0.15% |
| Alphabet Inc 4.8%, due Feb 15, 2036 | 0.02% | 0.13% |
| Meta Platforms Inc 5.25%, due May 15, 2036 | 0.02% | 0.15% |
| Wells Fargo & Co 5.389%, due Apr 24, 2034 | 0.02% | 0.34% |
| Amazon.com Inc 5.8%, due Mar 13, 2056 | 0.02% | 0.14% |
Sector mix of the stock holdings
No sector breakdown: these funds hold few classified stocks.
More: full overlap table · BND holdings · SMTH holdings
Fund data comes from each fund's SEC filings and issuer disclosures and is shown with the date it is as of. SEC portfolio and flow filings become public about 60 days after the period they cover. Nothing here is investment advice; see Terms.