ETF comparison
FBND vs VGLT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
Fidelity Total Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
34 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FBND and VGLT would leave roughly 12.1% 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
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Cost difference
VGLT is 33 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/yr more in fees for FBND.
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 FBND vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
34 shared in total| # | Holding | In FBND | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 1.37% | 1.99% | 1.37% |
| 2 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 1.36% | 2.18% | 1.36% |
| 3 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 1.12% | 2.00% | 1.12% |
| 4 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 1.00% | 2.13% | 1.00% |
| 5 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.93% | 2.15% | 0.93% |
| 6 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.90% | 2.09% | 0.90% |
| 7 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.75% | 1.59% | 0.75% |
| 8 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.73% | 2.09% | 0.73% |
| 9 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.73% | 2.04% | 0.73% |
| 10 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.66% | 1.96% | 0.66% |
| 11 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.54% | 1.48% | 0.54% |
| 12 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.42% | 1.80% | 0.42% |
Only in FBND
4,596 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 3.16%
- UST NOTES 2.73%
- UST NOTES 2.04%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.99%
- UST NOTES 1.97%
- UST NOTES 1.36%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 1.28%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.25%
- UST NOTES 1.09%
- UST NOTES 1.07%
Only in VGLT
65 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.51%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.48%
- 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 1.37%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.34%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.19%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.16%
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More comparisons with FBND
- FBND vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 11.6%
- FBND vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 9.3%
- FBND vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 8.3%
- FBND vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 7.5%
- FBND vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 6.2%
- FBND vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 5.7%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 10.2%
- VGLT vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF 9.9%
- VGLT vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.5%
- VGLT vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.5%
- VGLT vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.3%
- VGLT vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 7.7%
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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