ETF comparison
TLT vs VGLT
Both US Treasury (Long).
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
45 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of TLT and VGLT would leave roughly 51.3% 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 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 TLT vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
45 shared in total| # | Holding | In TLT | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 3.95% | 2.22% | 2.22% |
| 2 | United States of America | 2.90% | 2.21% | 2.21% |
| 3 | United States of America | 4.46% | 2.21% | 2.21% |
| 4 | United States of America | 4.40% | 2.17% | 2.17% |
| 5 | United States of America | 3.80% | 2.17% | 2.17% |
| 6 | United States of America | 2.54% | 2.17% | 2.17% |
| 7 | United States of America | 4.50% | 2.14% | 2.14% |
| 8 | United States of America | 3.46% | 2.13% | 2.13% |
| 9 | United States of America | 4.03% | 2.04% | 2.04% |
| 10 | United States of America | 3.94% | 2.04% | 2.04% |
| 11 | United States of America | 4.58% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 12 | United States of America | 3.62% | 1.64% | 1.64% |
Only in TLT
1 total- United States of America 0.54%
Only in VGLT
52 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.54%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.37%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.34%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.33%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with TLT
- TLT vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 28.3%
- TLT vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 11.6%
- TLT vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 11.4%
- TLT vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 5.6%
- TLT vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 5.2%
- TLT vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 5.2%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 51.2%
- VGLT vs TLH · iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF 41.9%
- 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%
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/.
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.