ETF comparison
ITM vs SCMB
Both US Municipal Bond.
Holdings overlap
291 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ITM and SCMB would leave roughly 3.8% 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
SCMB is 15 bps cheaper than ITM. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/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 SCMB.
Top shared holdings
291 shared in total| # | Holding | In ITM | In SCMB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State of California | 0.45% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 2 | State of California | 0.13% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 3 | New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue | 0.10% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 4 | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | State of California | 0.24% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | State of California | 0.21% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 8 | State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue | 0.18% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | State of California | 0.11% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | State of Connecticut | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.05% |
| 11 | Private Colleges & Universities Authority | 0.05% | 0.14% | 0.05% |
| 12 | New York State Dormitory Authority | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.05% |
Only in ITM
1,078 total- New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority 0.53%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.50%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.44%
- Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority 0.39%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.37%
- Kentucky Public Energy Authority 0.29%
- New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 0.28%
- California Housing Finance Agency 0.28%
- Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District 0.27%
- New Hampshire Business Finance Authority 0.27%
Only in SCMB
6,554 total- Commonwealth of Massachusetts 0.22%
- Gwinnett County School District 0.22%
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 0.21%
- City of New York NY 0.20%
- State of California Department of Water Resources 0.19%
- State of Washington 0.17%
- State of California 0.17%
- New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 0.17%
- Northwest Independent School District 0.16%
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts 0.16%
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More comparisons with ITM
- ITM vs MUB · iShares National Muni Bond ETF 3.7%
- ITM vs CMF · iShares California Muni Bond ETF 3.0%
- ITM vs NYF · iShares New York Muni Bond ETF 1.5%
- ITM vs PZA · Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF 1.5%
- ITM vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- ITM vs BAB · Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with SCMB
- SCMB vs JMUB · JPMorgan Municipal ETF 3.2%
- SCMB vs CGMU · Capital Group Municipal Income ETF 2.6%
- SCMB vs SHM · State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETF 2.1%
- SCMB vs HYD · VanEck High Yield Muni ETF 1.1%
- SCMB vs JMST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF 1.1%
- SCMB vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.1%
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/.
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.