ETF comparison

CMFvsVTEB

Both US Municipal Bond.

iShares California Muni Bond ETF · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
7.2%

674 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CMF and VTEB would leave roughly7.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

CMF only 92.3%Shared 7.2%VTEB only 91.3%
In CMF only
949 positions
Shared
674 positions
In VTEB only
9,511 positions

Side by side

CMF

iShares California Muni Bond ETF

iShares · US Municipal Bond

92composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$4.63B
TTM yield
3.07%
Top-10 conc.
4.4%
VTEB

Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Municipal Bond

97composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$49.07B
TTM yield
3.53%
Top-10 conc.
2.0%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
97
93
Tax efficiency
93
85
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
CMFsub-scoreVTEB

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

Cost difference

VTEB is 5 bps cheaper than CMF. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for CMF.

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 CMF vs VTEB.

Top shared holdings

674 shared in total
#HoldingIn CMFIn VTEBOverlap
1University of California0.42%0.12%0.12%
2State of California0.36%0.11%0.11%
3Los Angeles Department of Water & Power0.12%0.08%0.08%
4Los Angeles Unified School District0.13%0.07%0.07%
5Los Angeles Unified School District0.44%0.07%0.07%
6California Educational Facilities Authority0.19%0.07%0.07%
7University of California0.22%0.06%0.06%
8Los Angeles Unified School District0.50%0.06%0.06%
9State of California0.18%0.06%0.06%
10State of California0.17%0.05%0.05%
11State of California0.07%0.05%0.05%
12State of California0.12%0.05%0.05%

Only in CMF

949 total
  • Bay Area Toll Authority0.46%
  • Eastern Municipal Water District0.44%
  • Bay Area Toll Authority0.37%
  • Irvine Ranch Water District0.36%
  • Anaheim Housing & Public Improvements Authority0.33%
  • San Mateo County Transit District Sales Tax0.32%
  • Bay Area Toll Authority0.29%
  • University of California0.27%
  • Long Beach Unified School District0.26%
  • Beverly Hills Unified School District0.25%

Only in VTEB

9,511 total
  • Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority0.11%
  • Colorado State Education Loan Program0.11%
  • New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue0.09%
  • Dallas Independent School District0.09%
  • Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund0.08%
  • New York State Dormitory Authority0.08%
  • New York State Dormitory Authority0.08%
  • Ohio State University/The0.08%
  • New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue0.08%
  • Public Finance Authority0.08%

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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.