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VGLT vs VGSH

US Treasury (Long) vs US Treasury (Short).

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGLT and VGSH would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VGLT unmatched 98.3% Shared 0.0% VGSH unmatched 99.0%

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.

In VGLT only
97 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VGSH only
91 positions

Side by side

VGLT

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Long)

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$14.84B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
4.84%
Top-10 conc.
21.5%
VGSH

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$39.49B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.77%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
56
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
N/A
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
—
VGLT sub-score VGSH

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

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 VGLT vs VGSH.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in VGLT

97 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%

Only in VGSH

91 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.29%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%

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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.