ETF comparison
SPTL vs VGLT
Both US Treasury (Long).
State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
95 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPTL and VGLT would leave roughly 97.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 the cost calculator pre-filled with SPTL vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
95 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPTL | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 2.31% | 2.29% | 2.29% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 2.29% | 2.30% | 2.29% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 2.26% | 2.25% | 2.25% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 2.25% | 2.24% | 2.24% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 2.23% | 2.25% | 2.23% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 2.21% | 2.19% | 2.19% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 2.20% | 2.19% | 2.19% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 2.13% | 2.12% | 2.12% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 2.09% | 2.10% | 2.09% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 1.88% | 1.89% | 1.88% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 1.67% | 1.67% | 1.67% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 1.58% | 1.59% | 1.58% |
Only in SPTL
3 total- United States Treasury 0.87%
- United States Treasury 0.63%
- State Street Global Advisors 0.01%
Only in VGLT
1 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23%
Open SPTL or VGLT at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
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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.