ETF comparison
BND vs TLH
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
65 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and TLH would leave roughly 4.8% 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
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 the cost calculator pre-filled with BND vs TLH.
Top shared holdings
65 shared in total| # | Holding | In BND | In TLH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.16% | 3.44% | 0.16% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.15% | 1.62% | 0.15% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.14% | 3.07% | 0.14% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.14% | 3.42% | 0.14% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.14% | 3.71% | 0.14% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.14% | 5.54% | 0.14% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.14% | 2.63% | 0.14% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.14% | 2.51% | 0.14% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.13% | 3.97% | 0.13% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.13% | 2.30% | 0.13% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.13% | 2.35% | 0.13% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.13% | 3.32% | 0.13% |
Only in BND
17,331 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.47%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%
Only in TLH
1 total- United States of America 0.02%
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More comparisons with TLH
- TLH vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.5%
- TLH vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.5%
- TLH vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.4%
- TLH vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- TLH vs EDV · Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- TLH vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
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.