ETF comparison
VCRB vs VGLT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
Vanguard Core Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
70 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VCRB and VGLT would leave roughly 7.1% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VGLT is 7 bps cheaper than VCRB. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for VCRB.
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 VCRB vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
70 shared in total| # | Holding | In VCRB | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.29% | 0.75% | 0.29% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.24% | 1.36% | 0.24% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.18% | 2.14% | 0.18% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.17% | 0.39% | 0.17% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.16% | 0.36% | 0.16% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.16% | 1.83% | 0.16% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.16% | 2.17% | 0.16% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.16% | 2.21% | 0.16% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.16% | 1.36% | 0.16% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.15% | 0.36% | 0.15% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.15% | 0.43% | 0.15% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.15% | 1.53% | 0.15% |
Only in VCRB
3,344 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.02%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.97%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.75%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.68%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.65%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.60%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
- OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.56%
Only in VGLT
27 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.22%
- 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 1.34%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.18%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.14%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.09%
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- VCRB vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 6.6%
- VCRB vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 6.5%
- VCRB vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 5.2%
- VCRB vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 5.2%
- VCRB vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 5.0%
- VCRB vs SPMB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF 4.9%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 5.6%
- VGLT vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 5.1%
- VGLT vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund 4.0%
- VGLT vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 3.9%
- VGLT vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 3.2%
- VGLT vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.8%
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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