ETF comparison
CGMU vs ITM
Both US Municipal Bond.
Capital Group Municipal Income ETF · VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF
Holdings overlap
87 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CGMU and ITM would leave roughly 5.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ITM is 9 bps cheaper than CGMU. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for CGMU.
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 CGMU vs ITM.
Top shared holdings
87 shared in total| # | Holding | In CGMU | In ITM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Energy Finance Development Corp | 0.29% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 2 | California Community Choice Financing Authority | 0.19% | 0.25% | 0.19% |
| 3 | Black Belt Energy Gas District | 0.26% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 4 | Black Belt Energy Gas District | 0.13% | 0.24% | 0.13% |
| 5 | California Community Choice Financing Authority | 0.13% | 0.50% | 0.13% |
| 6 | California Community Choice Financing Authority | 0.33% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 7 | Kentucky Public Energy Authority | 0.15% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 8 | Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District | 0.12% | 0.22% | 0.12% |
| 9 | New Hampshire Business Finance Authority | 0.11% | 0.27% | 0.11% |
| 10 | Los Angeles Department of Water & Power | 0.15% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 11 | Colorado Health Facilities Authority | 0.16% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 12 | Central Valley Energy Authority | 0.11% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
Only in CGMU
2,039 total- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.67%
- Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.58%
- Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sales Tax Revenue 0.57%
- University of California 0.56%
- New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 0.54%
- County of Montgomery MD 0.53%
- Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp 0.51%
- Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority 0.50%
- Mississippi Business Finance Corp 0.49%
- Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix Arizona/The 0.41%
Only in ITM
1,277 total- New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority 0.53%
- State of California 0.44%
- Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority 0.39%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.37%
- State of California 0.30%
- New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 0.29%
- Salem-Keizer School District No 24J 0.26%
- Commonwealth Financing Authority 0.26%
- State of Maryland 0.26%
- South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority 0.26%
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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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