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EDV vs VGSH

US Treasury (Long) vs US Treasury (Short).

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EDV and VGSH would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EDV unmatched 100.0% Shared 0.0% VGSH unmatched 99.0%

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.

In EDV only
82 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VGSH only
91 positions

Side by side

EDV

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Long)

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$4.04B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
5.41%
Top-10 conc.
16.6%
VGSH

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$39.49B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.77%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
97
55
Tax efficiency
58
83
Liquidity
100
N/A
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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EDV sub-score VGSH

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VGSH 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 VGSH.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No 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 VGSH

91 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.29%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%

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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/.

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