ETF comparison
SPTI vs TLT
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Long).
State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPTI and TLT 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
State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF
State Street · US Treasury (Intermediate)
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
SPTI is 12 bps cheaper than TLT. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for TLT.
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 SPTI vs TLT.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in SPTI
103 total- United States Treasury 1.97%
- United States Treasury 1.94%
- United States Treasury 1.93%
- United States Treasury 1.91%
- United States Treasury 1.88%
- United States Treasury 1.86%
- United States Treasury 1.83%
- United States Treasury 1.80%
- United States Treasury 1.78%
- United States Treasury 1.74%
Only in TLT
46 total- United States of America 4.58%
- United States of America 4.50%
- United States of America 4.46%
- United States of America 4.40%
- United States of America 4.15%
- United States of America 4.04%
- United States of America 4.03%
- United States of America 3.95%
- United States of America 3.94%
- United States of America 3.86%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with SPTI
- SPTI vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SPTI vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SPTI vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SPTI vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 92.7%
- SPTI vs VGIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 90.2%
- SPTI vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 66.3%
More comparisons with TLT
- TLT vs SPTS · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF 0.0%
- TLT vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 0.0%
- TLT vs STIP · iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF 0.0%
- TLT vs SUB · iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF 0.0%
- TLT vs TBIL · F/m US Treasury 3 Month Bill Fund - ETF Class Shares 0.0%
- TLT vs TFLO · iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open SPTI or TLT 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.