ETF comparison
PZA vs VTEB
Both US Municipal Bond.
Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,997 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PZA and VTEB would leave roughly 25.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VTEB is 25 bps cheaper than PZA. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/yr more in fees for PZA.
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 PZA vs VTEB.
Top shared holdings
2,997 shared in total| # | Holding | In PZA | In VTEB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York (State of) Dormitory Authority | 0.15% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 2 | New York (State of) Dormitory Authority | 0.12% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 3 | Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority | 0.09% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 4 | New Jersey (State of) Transportation Trust Fund Authority | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 5 | New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue | 0.08% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 6 | New York State Dormitory Authority | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 7 | Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority | 0.11% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 8 | California (State of) Educational Facilities Authority (Stanford University) | 0.09% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 10 | Jefferson (County of), AL | 0.09% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority (Green Bonds) | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 12 | Chicago (City of), IL Board of Education | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in PZA
3,069 total- California (State of) Health Facilities Financing Authority (Kaiser Permanente) 0.14%
- Regents of the University of California Medical Center 0.11%
- California (State of) Health Facilities Financing Authority (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) 0.10%
- Lower Alabama Gas District (The) 0.10%
- Colorado (State of) Health Facilities Authority (Adventhealth Obligated Group) 0.09%
- Jurupa Unified School District 0.09%
- California (State of) 0.09%
- New York (City of), NY Transitional Finance Authority 0.09%
- Orange (County of), FL Health Facilities Authority (Orlando Health Obligated Group) 0.09%
- Massachusetts (Commonwealth of) 0.09%
Only in VTEB
7,188 total- University of California 0.12%
- Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.11%
- Colorado State Education Loan Program 0.11%
- State of California 0.11%
- New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue 0.09%
- Dallas Independent School District 0.09%
- Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund 0.08%
- Ohio State University/The 0.08%
- New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue 0.08%
- Public Finance Authority 0.08%
Open PZA 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/.
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