ETF comparison
EDV vs VGLT
Both US Treasury (Long).
Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EDV 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
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Cost difference
VGLT is 2 bps cheaper than EDV. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for EDV.
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 EDV vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in EDV
82 total- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.83%
- United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.76%
- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.72%
- United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%
- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.68%
- United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.65%
- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.60%
- United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.57%
- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.56%
- United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.50%
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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- EDV vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- EDV vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- EDV vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs EMB · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs EMLC · VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs FALN · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs GBIL · Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open EDV or VGLT at a brokerage
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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.