ETF comparison

BNDvsTLH

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
4.8%

65 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and TLH would leave roughly4.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BND only 94.2%Shared 4.8%TLH only 94.5%
In BND only
17,331 positions
Shared
65 positions
In TLH only
2 positions

Side by side

BND

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$398.83B
TTM yield
4.11%
Top-10 conc.
4.6%
TLH

iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Long)

79composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$11.03B
TTM yield
4.69%
Top-10 conc.
37.5%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
85
52
Tax efficiency
56
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
61
Tracking quality
BNDsub-scoreTLH

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

BND is 12 bps cheaper than TLH. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for TLH.

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 TLH.

Top shared holdings

65 shared in total
#HoldingIn BNDIn TLHOverlap
1United States Treasury Note/Bond0.16%3.44%0.16%
2United States Treasury Note/Bond0.15%1.62%0.15%
3United States Treasury Note/Bond0.14%3.07%0.14%
4United States Treasury Note/Bond0.14%3.42%0.14%
5United States Treasury Note/Bond0.14%3.71%0.14%
6United States Treasury Note/Bond0.14%5.54%0.14%
7United States Treasury Note/Bond0.14%2.63%0.14%
8United States Treasury Note/Bond0.14%2.51%0.14%
9United States Treasury Note/Bond0.13%3.97%0.13%
10United States Treasury Note/Bond0.13%2.30%0.13%
11United States Treasury Note/Bond0.13%2.35%0.13%
12United States Treasury Note/Bond0.13%3.32%0.13%

Only in BND

17,331 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/Bond0.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.39%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.39%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.36%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.36%

Only in TLH

2 total
  • BlackRock Funds III0.86%
  • United States of America0.02%

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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.