ETF comparison
JMST vs VTEB
Both US Municipal Bond.
JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
245 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of JMST and VTEB would leave roughly 1.5% 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
VTEB is 15 bps cheaper than JMST. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for JMST.
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 JMST vs VTEB.
Top shared holdings
245 shared in total| # | Holding | In JMST | In VTEB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State of Illinois | 0.06% | 0.08% | 0.06% |
| 2 | Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Dulles Toll Road Revenue | 0.26% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 3 | State of Connecticut | 0.38% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 4 | Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 5 | State of Illinois | 0.06% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 6 | Nebraska Public Power District | 0.28% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 7 | State of Illinois | 0.31% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 8 | State of Texas | 0.06% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 9 | City of New York NY | 0.11% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 10 | State of Illinois | 0.03% | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| 11 | New York State Dormitory Authority | 0.15% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | State of Wisconsin | 0.06% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in JMST
1,645 total- New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 1.02%
- Alaska Housing Finance Corp. 0.86%
- State of Minnesota 0.78%
- Township of Woodbridge NJ 0.71%
- Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority 0.71%
- Bergen County Improvement Authority (The) 0.68%
- Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. 0.67%
- District of Columbia 0.67%
- County of Hamilton OH Sales Tax Revenue 0.66%
- City of Houston TX Combined Utility System Revenue 0.63%
Only in VTEB
10,346 total- City of New York NY 0.12%
- University of California 0.11%
- State of Idaho 0.10%
- State of California 0.10%
- State of Maryland 0.09%
- New York State Thruway Authority 0.09%
- Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.09%
- Dallas Independent School District 0.08%
- Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund 0.08%
- Energy Northwest 0.08%
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- JMST vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.9%
- JMST vs CGMU · Capital Group Municipal Income ETF 0.7%
- JMST vs HYD · VanEck High Yield Muni ETF 0.4%
- JMST vs NYF · iShares New York Muni Bond ETF 0.1%
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- VTEB vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.4%
- VTEB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTEB vs BAB · Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTEB vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VTEB vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VTEB vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
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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