ETF comparison
SCMBvsVTEB
Both US Municipal Bond.
Schwab Municipal Bond ETF · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
4,394 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCMB and VTEB would leave roughly29.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with SCMB vs VTEB.
Top shared holdings
4,394 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCMB | In VTEB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York State Dormitory Authority | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 2 | Los Angeles Unified School District/CA | 0.14% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 3 | Ohio State University/The | 0.07% | 0.08% | 0.07% |
| 4 | Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority | 0.09% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | Massachusetts Development Finance Agency | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | New York State Dormitory Authority | 0.06% | 0.08% | 0.06% |
| 8 | County of Jefferson AL Sewer Revenue | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | Los Angeles Unified School District/CA | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | Commonwealth of Massachusetts | 0.14% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | California Educational Facilities Authority | 0.06% | 0.07% | 0.06% |
| 12 | City of New York NY | 0.14% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in SCMB
2,451 total- City of New York NY0.20%
- New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority0.17%
- State of California0.15%
- State of Oregon Department of Transportation0.14%
- County of Wake NC0.14%
- City of New York NY0.14%
- Gwinnett County School District0.14%
- Great Lakes Water Authority Water Supply System Revenue0.14%
- University of California0.14%
- New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority0.13%
Only in VTEB
5,791 total- Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority0.11%
- Colorado State Education Loan Program0.11%
- New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue0.09%
- Dallas Independent School District0.09%
- New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue0.08%
- Public Finance Authority0.08%
- New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank0.08%
- New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority0.07%
- State of Wisconsin0.07%
- New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue0.07%
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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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