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ITM vs MUB

Both US Municipal Bond.

VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF · iShares National Muni Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.7 %

274 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ITM and MUB would leave roughly 3.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ITM unmatched 94.5% Shared 3.7% MUB unmatched 94.6%

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 ITM only
1,095 positions
Shared
274 positions
In MUB only
6,379 positions

Side by side

ITM

VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF

VanEck · US Municipal Bond

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$2.06B
TTM yield
3.09%
Top-10 conc.
3.8%
MUB

iShares National Muni Bond ETF

iShares · US Municipal Bond

97 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$46.62B
TTM yield
3.29%
Top-10 conc.
1.4%

Sub-score comparison

82
Cost
95
93
Tax efficiency
93
70
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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ITM sub-score MUB

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

Cost difference

MUB is 13 bps cheaper than ITM. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for ITM.

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 ITM vs MUB.

Top shared holdings

274 shared in total
# Holding In ITM In MUB Overlap
1 State of California 0.10% 0.11% 0.10%
2 State of Minnesota 0.10% 0.06% 0.06%
3 District of Columbia 0.05% 0.10% 0.05%
4 Private Colleges & Universities Authority 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
5 University of California 0.05% 0.09% 0.05%
6 City of Houston TX Combined Utility System Revenue 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
7 New York State Dormitory Authority 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
8 State of California 0.10% 0.05% 0.05%
9 State of California 0.10% 0.04% 0.04%
10 New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue 0.15% 0.04% 0.04%
11 Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority 0.39% 0.04% 0.04%
12 State of Texas 0.10% 0.04% 0.04%

Only in ITM

1,095 total
  • California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.50%
  • California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.44%
  • California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.37%
  • Kentucky Public Energy Authority 0.29%
  • California Housing Finance Agency 0.28%
  • Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District 0.27%
  • New Hampshire Business Finance Authority 0.27%
  • Salem-Keizer School District No 24J 0.26%
  • South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority 0.26%
  • Massachusetts Development Finance Agency 0.26%

Only in MUB

6,379 total
  • Board of Regents of the University of Texas System 0.19%
  • New York State Thruway Authority 0.15%
  • San Antonio Water System 0.14%
  • Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.14%
  • New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured 0.13%
  • New York State Dormitory Authority 0.13%
  • Ohio State University (The) 0.13%
  • Houston Higher Education Finance Corp. 0.13%
  • Northwest Independent School District 0.13%
  • State of New Jersey 0.13%

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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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