ETF comparison
TLH vs VGLT
Both US Treasury (Long).
iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
57 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of TLH and VGLT would leave roughly 41.9% 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
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGLT is 12 bps cheaper than TLH. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for TLH.
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 TLH vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
57 shared in total| # | Holding | In TLH | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 3.44% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
| 2 | United States of America | 3.42% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 3 | United States of America | 1.62% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 4 | United States of America | 5.54% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 5 | United States of America | 3.07% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 6 | United States of America | 2.30% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 7 | United States of America | 2.35% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 8 | United States of America | 3.32% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 9 | United States of America | 3.97% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 10 | United States of America | 1.83% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 11 | United States of America | 2.63% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
| 12 | United States of America | 3.33% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
Only in TLH
9 total- United States of America 0.11%
- United States of America 0.10%
- United States of America 0.08%
- United States of America 0.04%
- United States of America 0.03%
- United States of America 0.02%
- United States of America 0.01%
- United States of America 0.00%
- United States of America 0.00%
Only in VGLT
40 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.22%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.21%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.17%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with TLH
- TLH vs SPTL · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF 41.3%
- TLH vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 7.4%
- TLH vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 4.8%
- TLH vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.5%
- TLH vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.5%
- TLH vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.4%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 16.5%
- VGLT vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 12.0%
- VGLT vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 10.0%
- VGLT vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 9.6%
- VGLT vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.3%
- VGLT vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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