ETF comparison
FBND vs VGLT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
Fidelity Total Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FBND and VGLT would leave roughly 12.0% 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 33 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/yr more in fees for FBND.
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 FBND vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
33 shared in total| # | Holding | In FBND | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 1.53% | 2.04% | 1.53% |
| 2 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 1.26% | 2.13% | 1.26% |
| 3 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 1.12% | 2.21% | 1.12% |
| 4 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 1.04% | 2.21% | 1.04% |
| 5 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.96% | 2.22% | 0.96% |
| 6 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.84% | 1.64% | 0.84% |
| 7 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.83% | 2.17% | 0.83% |
| 8 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.82% | 2.17% | 0.82% |
| 9 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.75% | 2.04% | 0.75% |
| 10 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.60% | 1.50% | 0.60% |
| 11 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.47% | 1.83% | 0.47% |
| 12 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.39% | 2.17% | 0.39% |
Only in FBND
4,436 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 4.62%
- UST NOTES 2.34%
- UST NOTES 2.21%
- UST NOTES 2.17%
- UST NOTES 1.81%
- UST NOTES 1.49%
- UST NOTES 1.20%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.19%
- UST NOTES 1.18%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 1.14%
Only in VGLT
64 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.54%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.53%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.51%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.18%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.16%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.16%
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- VGLT vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.3%
- VGLT vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 7.5%
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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