ETF comparison
PAAA vs VGLT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Long).
PGIM AAA CLO ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PAAA and VGLT 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
VGLT is 16 bps cheaper than PAAA. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for PAAA.
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 PAAA vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in PAAA
311 total- CBAM 2017-2 LTD 1.58%
- Regatta XXVII Funding Ltd / Regatta XXVII Funding LLC 1.29%
- BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS CLO XII-B LTD 1.21%
- GOLDENTREE LOAN MANAGEMENT US CLO 31 LTD 1.21%
- MAGNETITE XL LTD 1.13%
- OCP CLO LTD 1.12%
- BATTALION CLO XXIV LTD 1.09%
- AGL CORE CLO 1.06%
- REGATTA XXVI FUNDING LTD 1.01%
- BALBOA BAY LOAN FUNDING 2024-1 LTD 1.01%
Only in VGLT
99 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.18%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.15%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.10%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.09%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.09%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.09%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.00%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.99%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with PAAA
- PAAA vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- PAAA vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- PAAA vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- PAAA vs JAAA · Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF 9.2%
- PAAA vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 7.1%
- PAAA vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.3%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs PCY · Invesco Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs PZA · Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs SCHO · Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 0.0%
- VGLT vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open PAAA or VGLT 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.