ETF comparison
BSV vs VGLT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and VGLT 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 BSV vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in BSV
3,185 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.12%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.88%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.79%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.77%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.77%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75%
Only in VGLT
97 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.22%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
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- BSV vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- BSV vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 58.3%
- BSV vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 39.2%
- BSV vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 37.6%
- BSV vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 37.4%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs CGMU · Capital Group Municipal Income ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs CMF · iShares California Muni Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs CWB · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs EBND · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs EDV · Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGLT vs EMB · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets 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.