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 50.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 | 2.90% | 2.30% | 2.30% |
| 2 | United States of America | 4.46% | 2.29% | 2.29% |
| 3 | United States of America | 3.80% | 2.25% | 2.25% |
| 4 | United States of America | 4.40% | 2.24% | 2.24% |
| 5 | United States of America | 4.50% | 2.19% | 2.19% |
| 6 | United States of America | 3.46% | 2.19% | 2.19% |
| 7 | United States of America | 4.03% | 2.12% | 2.12% |
| 8 | United States of America | 4.25% | 2.10% | 2.10% |
| 9 | United States of America | 4.58% | 1.89% | 1.89% |
| 10 | United States of America | 3.62% | 1.67% | 1.67% |
| 11 | United States of America | 3.86% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 12 | United States of America | 2.69% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
Only in TLT
1 total- BlackRock Funds III 1.15%
Only in VGLT
51 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.59%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.47%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.45%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.38%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.37%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.36%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.36%
Open TLT or VGLT 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.