ETF comparison
VGLT vs VTEB
US Treasury (Long) vs US Municipal Bond.
Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGLT and VTEB would leave roughly 0.0% 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
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 VTEB.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo 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 VTEB
10,591 total- City of New York NY 0.12%
- University of California 0.11%
- State of Idaho 0.10%
- State of California 0.10%
- State of Maryland 0.09%
- New York State Thruway Authority 0.09%
- Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.09%
- Dallas Independent School District 0.08%
- Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund 0.08%
- Energy Northwest 0.08%
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- VGLT vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs ZROZ · PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund 0.0%
- VGLT vs SPTL · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF 96.8%
- VGLT vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 51.3%
- VGLT vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 51.2%
More comparisons with VTEB
- VTEB vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VTEB vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VTEB vs SCMB · Schwab Municipal Bond ETF 29.2%
- VTEB vs PZA · Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF 27.5%
- VTEB vs MUB · iShares National Muni Bond ETF 25.6%
- VTEB vs SUB · iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF 7.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open VGLT or VTEB 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.