ETF comparison
AGG vs VGLT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
97 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and VGLT would leave roughly 9.3% 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 AGG vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
97 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.21% | 2.14% | 0.21% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.21% | 2.21% | 0.21% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.21% | 2.21% | 0.21% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.21% | 2.17% | 0.21% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.21% | 2.17% | 0.21% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.20% | 2.13% | 0.20% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.20% | 2.04% | 0.20% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.20% | 2.04% | 0.20% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.18% | 1.83% | 0.18% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.18% | 1.64% | 0.18% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.18% | 2.17% | 0.18% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.17% | 1.53% | 0.17% |
Only in AGG
13,169 total- United States Treasury 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
Only in VGLT
0 totalEvery VGLT position is also held by AGG.
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- VGLT vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 7.5%
- VGLT vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 7.1%
- VGLT vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 5.6%
- VGLT vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 5.1%
- VGLT vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund 4.0%
- VGLT vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 3.9%
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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.