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ETF comparison

ITM vs SUB

Both US Municipal Bond.

VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF · iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

ITM unmatched 98.2% Shared 0.0% SUB unmatched 100.7%

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 ITM only
1,368 positions
Shared
1 positions
In SUB only
2,975 positions

Side by side

ITM

VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF

VanEck · US Municipal Bond

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$2.33B
TTM yield
2.81%
Top-10 conc.
3.8%
SUB

iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF

iShares · US Municipal Bond

96 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.070%
Net assets
$13.29B
TTM yield
2.36%
Top-10 conc.
2.7%

Sub-score comparison

82
Cost
93
93
Tax efficiency
93
72
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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ITM sub-score SUB

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

Cost difference

SUB is 11 bps cheaper than ITM. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/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 SUB.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In ITM In SUB Overlap
1 State of West Virginia 0.05% 0.01% 0.01%

Only in ITM

1,368 total
  • New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority 0.53%
  • California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.50%
  • State of California 0.45%
  • California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.44%
  • Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority 0.39%
  • California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.37%
  • State of California 0.30%
  • Kentucky Public Energy Authority 0.29%
  • New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 0.28%
  • California Housing Finance Agency 0.28%

Only in SUB

2,975 total
  • New Jersey Economic Development Authority 0.35%
  • New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured 0.33%
  • State of California 0.28%
  • New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 0.27%
  • State of California 0.26%
  • Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.25%
  • Empire State Development Corp. 0.24%
  • University of California 0.24%
  • New Jersey Turnpike Authority 0.24%
  • State of California 0.23%

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.