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

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
62.5%

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.

SPLB only 36.2%Shared 62.5%VCLT only 35.8%
In SPLB only
382 positions
Shared
2,558 positions
In VCLT only
217 positions

Side by side

SPLB

State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF

State Street · US Corporate Bond

78composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$1.25B
TTM yield
5.72%
Top-10 conc.
4.9%
VCLT

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

88composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$9.56B
TTM yield
5.82%
Top-10 conc.
3.2%

Sub-score comparison

96
Cost
97
49
Tax efficiency
49
61
Liquidity
99
100
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
SPLBsub-scoreVCLT

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

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
#HoldingIn SPLBIn VCLTOverlap
1ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV0.35%0.37%0.35%
2CVS HEALTH CORP0.34%0.33%0.33%
3META PLATFORMS INC0.26%0.28%0.26%
4PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER0.26%0.27%0.26%
5BOEING CO0.25%0.27%0.25%
6META PLATFORMS INC0.27%0.21%0.21%
7BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.20%0.22%0.20%
8AT&T INC0.19%0.23%0.19%
9AT&T INC0.18%0.23%0.18%
10GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.18%0.21%0.18%
11MICROSOFT CORP0.18%0.17%0.17%
12APPLE INC0.17%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.