ETF comparison
BNDvsSPTL
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF
Holdings overlap
98 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and SPTL would leave roughly10.2%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 BND vs SPTL.
Top shared holdings
98 shared in total| # | Holding | In BND | In SPTL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.24% | 2.19% | 0.24% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.23% | 2.14% | 0.23% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.23% | 2.04% | 0.23% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.22% | 2.16% | 0.22% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.21% | 2.11% | 0.21% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.21% | 2.21% | 0.21% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.21% | 2.11% | 0.21% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.20% | 2.04% | 0.20% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.20% | 1.80% | 0.20% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.19% | 2.20% | 0.19% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.18% | 1.51% | 0.18% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.18% | 1.52% | 0.18% |
Only in BND
17,298 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.47%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.39%
Only in SPTL
2 total- United States Treasury0.39%
- State Street Global Advisors0.01%
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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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