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BND PRAE \n Expense ratio 0.03% 1.49% \n Net assets, BND as of Oct 31, 2026 and PRAE as of Jun 30, 2026 $167.4bn $12m \n Total return, 1 year +0.7% +10.3% \n What it tracks Bloomberg U.","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, BND against PRAE, data as of Nov 5, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/bnd-vs-prae","a":{"ticker":"BND","name":"Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF","issuer":"Vanguard","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-11-05","verdict":"BND tracks an index of US aggregate bonds and returned +0.7% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/bnd","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+0.7%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.03%","as_of":"2026-04-28","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Apr 28, 2026"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"16300","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"the issuer\u2019s holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22122.6%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"4.0%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Nov 2, 2026","value":"$0.2568","as_of":"2026-11-02","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$167.4bn","as_of":"2026-10-31","source":"the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Oct 31, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"PRAE","name":"PlanRock Equity Plus Alternatives ETF","issuer":"PlanRock","desk":"alternatives","as_of":"2026-11-05","verdict":"Over the year to Nov 5, 2026, PRAE returned 10.3%. When the S&P 500 fell, it fell 1.1 times as much.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/prae","key_facts":[{"label":"Correlation with the S&P 500","value":"+0.78","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Beta to the S&P 500","value":"+0.96","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Down-week capture","value":"105.8%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Against T-bills, 52 weeks","value":"+7.5 pts","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"0.5%","as_of":"2026-11-05","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid annually), ex-date Jul 2, 2026","value":"$0.0711","as_of":"2026-07-02","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$12m","as_of":"2026-06-30","source":"SEC N-PORT, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"1.49%","as_of":"2026-01-28","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Jan 28, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/bnd-vs-prae"}