ETF comparison
NYF vs VTEB
Both US Municipal Bond.
iShares New York Muni Bond ETF · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
408 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NYF and VTEB would leave roughly 5.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VTEB is 6 bps cheaper than NYF. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/yr more in fees for NYF.
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 NYF vs VTEB.
Top shared holdings
408 shared in total| # | Holding | In NYF | In VTEB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured | 0.13% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 2 | New York State Dormitory Authority | 0.38% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 3 | Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority Sales Tax | 0.30% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 4 | New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured | 0.13% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 5 | New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority | 0.34% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority | 0.47% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured | 0.08% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 8 | Metropolitan Transportation Authority | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority | 0.11% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured | 0.19% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | Long Island Power Authority | 0.08% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | New York Power Authority | 0.19% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in NYF
429 total- Battery Park City Authority 0.86%
- New York State Dormitory Authority 0.58%
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority 0.52%
- New York State Dormitory Authority 0.51%
- Utility Debt Securitization Authority 0.49%
- Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.43%
- New York Power Authority 0.42%
- New York State Dormitory Authority 0.41%
- New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured 0.41%
- Long Island Power Authority 0.41%
Only in VTEB
9,777 total- University of California 0.12%
- Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.11%
- Colorado State Education Loan Program 0.11%
- State of California 0.11%
- Dallas Independent School District 0.09%
- Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund 0.08%
- New York State Dormitory Authority 0.08%
- Ohio State University/The 0.08%
- New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue 0.08%
- Public Finance Authority 0.08%
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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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