ETF comparison
PCY vs VGLT
International Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PCY and VGLT would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VGLT is 47 bps cheaper than PCY. On a $100,000 position that's about $470/yr more in fees for PCY.
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 PCY vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in PCY
103 total- Republic of Poland Government International Bond 1.46%
- Pakistan Government International Bond 1.43%
- Pakistan Government International Bond 1.43%
- Angolan Government International Bond 1.04%
- Angolan Government International Bond 1.04%
- Nigeria Government International Bond 1.02%
- Trinidad & Tobago Government International Bond 1.01%
- El Salvador Government International Bond 1.01%
- Nigeria Government International Bond 1.01%
- Colombia Government International Bond 1.00%
Only in VGLT
97 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.22%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with PCY
- PCY vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- PCY vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- PCY vs EMB · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF 10.6%
- PCY vs VWOB · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 8.5%
- PCY vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.1%
- PCY vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.1%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs PZA · Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs SCHO · Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury 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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