ETF comparison
ITM vs MUB
Both US Municipal Bond.
VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF · iShares National Muni Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
282 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ITM and MUB would leave roughly 3.7% 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
MUB is 13 bps cheaper than ITM. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for ITM.
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 ITM vs MUB.
Top shared holdings
282 shared in total| # | Holding | In ITM | In MUB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State of California | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 2 | Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority | 0.39% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 3 | State of Minnesota | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | District of Columbia | 0.05% | 0.10% | 0.05% |
| 5 | University of California | 0.05% | 0.09% | 0.05% |
| 6 | Private Colleges & Universities Authority | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 7 | City of Houston TX Combined Utility System Revenue | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 8 | New York State Dormitory Authority | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 9 | State of California | 0.10% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | State of California | 0.10% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | University of California | 0.04% | 0.05% | 0.04% |
| 12 | New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue | 0.15% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in ITM
1,087 total- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.50%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.44%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.37%
- Kentucky Public Energy Authority 0.29%
- California Housing Finance Agency 0.28%
- Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District 0.27%
- New Hampshire Business Finance Authority 0.27%
- Salem-Keizer School District No 24J 0.26%
- South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority 0.26%
- Massachusetts Development Finance Agency 0.26%
Only in MUB
6,770 total- Board of Regents of the University of Texas System 0.18%
- San Antonio Water System 0.15%
- New York State Thruway Authority 0.15%
- New York State Dormitory Authority 0.13%
- Northwest Independent School District 0.12%
- Houston Higher Education Finance Corp. 0.12%
- State of New Jersey 0.12%
- Ohio State University (The) 0.12%
- State of Washington 0.12%
- State of California 0.12%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with ITM
- ITM vs CMF · iShares California Muni Bond ETF 3.3%
- ITM vs NYF · iShares New York Muni Bond ETF 1.6%
- ITM vs PZA · Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF 1.5%
- ITM vs SUB · iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF 0.0%
- ITM vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- ITM vs BAB · Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with MUB
- MUB vs JMUB · JPMorgan Municipal ETF 3.2%
- MUB vs CGMU · Capital Group Municipal Income ETF 2.6%
- MUB vs SHM · State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETF 1.9%
- MUB vs JMST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF 1.1%
- MUB vs HYD · VanEck High Yield Muni ETF 1.1%
- MUB vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.1%
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.