ETF comparison
SPLBvsVCLT
Both US Corporate Bond.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,558 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPLB and VCLT would leave roughly62.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VCLT is 1 bps cheaper than SPLB. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for SPLB.
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 SPLB vs VCLT.
Top shared holdings
2,558 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPLB | In VCLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV | 0.35% | 0.37% | 0.35% |
| 2 | CVS HEALTH CORP | 0.34% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 3 | META PLATFORMS INC | 0.26% | 0.28% | 0.26% |
| 4 | PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER | 0.26% | 0.27% | 0.26% |
| 5 | BOEING CO | 0.25% | 0.27% | 0.25% |
| 6 | META PLATFORMS INC | 0.27% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 7 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.20% | 0.22% | 0.20% |
| 8 | AT&T INC | 0.19% | 0.23% | 0.19% |
| 9 | AT&T INC | 0.18% | 0.23% | 0.18% |
| 10 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.18% | 0.21% | 0.18% |
| 11 | MICROSOFT CORP | 0.18% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 12 | APPLE INC | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
Only in SPLB
382 total- SPACE EXPLORATION TECH0.24%
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS0.23%
- NVIDIA CORP0.16%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECH0.16%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO0.16%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC0.15%
- VODAFONE GROUP PLC0.14%
- BARRICK NA FINANCE LLC0.13%
- DELL INT LLC / EMC CORP0.11%
- META PLATFORMS INC0.11%
Only in VCLT
217 total- JPMorgan Chase & Co0.16%
- AstraZeneca PLC0.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.13%
- BAT Capital Corp0.13%
- Verizon Communications Inc0.12%
- Home Depot Inc/The0.11%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.11%
- TotalEnergies Capital International SA0.11%
- Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc0.10%
- Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc0.10%
Open SPLB or VCLT at a brokerage
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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.