ETF comparison
BND vs VTEB
US Aggregate Bond vs US Municipal Bond.
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and VTEB 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
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 the cost calculator pre-filled with BND vs VTEB.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in BND
17,396 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 0.41%
- 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%
Only in VTEB
10,591 total- City of New York NY 0.12%
- University of California 0.11%
- State of Idaho 0.10%
- State of California 0.10%
- State of Maryland 0.09%
- New York State Thruway Authority 0.09%
- Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.09%
- Dallas Independent School District 0.08%
- Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund 0.08%
- Energy Northwest 0.08%
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- VTEB vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond 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.