ETF comparison
BLVvsVGLT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
97 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and VGLT would leave roughly51.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with BLV vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
97 shared in total| # | Holding | In BLV | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.17% | 2.21% | 1.17% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.15% | 2.21% | 1.15% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.14% | 2.13% | 1.14% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.13% | 2.17% | 1.13% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.13% | 2.17% | 1.13% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.10% | 2.14% | 1.10% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.08% | 2.04% | 1.08% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.08% | 2.04% | 1.08% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.06% | 2.17% | 1.06% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.97% | 2.22% | 0.97% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.96% | 1.83% | 0.96% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.86% | 1.64% | 0.86% |
Only in BLV
2,886 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.68%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.49%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.24%
- Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc0.16%
- CVS Health Corp0.13%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.12%
- Amazon.com Inc0.11%
- Bank of America Corp0.11%
- Meta Platforms Inc0.10%
- Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd0.10%
Only in VGLT
0 totalEvery VGLT position is also held by BLV.
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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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