ETF comparison
BIL vs VGLT
US Treasury (Short) vs US Treasury (Long).
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIL and VGLT would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VGLT is 11 bps cheaper than BIL. On a $100,000 position that's about $105/yr more in fees for BIL.
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 BIL vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in BIL
22 total- United States Treasury 12.04%
- United States Treasury 9.04%
- United States Treasury 7.22%
- United States Treasury 7.03%
- United States Treasury 6.98%
- United States Treasury 6.97%
- United States Treasury 6.85%
- United States Treasury 6.49%
- United States Treasury 6.00%
- United States Treasury 5.82%
Only in VGLT
97 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.22%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BIL
- BIL vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- BIL vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- BIL vs VBIL · Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF 54.3%
- BIL vs SHV · iShares 0–1 Year Treasury Bond ETF 31.7%
- BIL vs GBIL · Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF 23.1%
- BIL vs SGOV · iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF 17.4%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs BINC · iShares Flexible Income Active ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGLT vs BKLN · Invesco Senior Loan ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGLT vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGLT vs CGMU · Capital Group Municipal Income ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open BIL or VGLT at a brokerage
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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.