ETF comparison
SPTL vs TLH
Both US Treasury (Long).
State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF · iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
55 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPTL and TLH would leave roughly 41.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPTL is 12 bps cheaper than TLH. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for TLH.
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 SPTL vs TLH.
Top shared holdings
55 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPTL | In TLH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 1.58% | 3.98% | 1.58% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 1.50% | 3.34% | 1.50% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 1.46% | 3.91% | 1.46% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 1.46% | 1.62% | 1.46% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 1.44% | 2.35% | 1.44% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 1.42% | 3.32% | 1.42% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 1.41% | 1.83% | 1.41% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 1.41% | 5.54% | 1.41% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 1.40% | 3.25% | 1.40% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 1.40% | 3.97% | 1.40% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 1.40% | 2.30% | 1.40% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 1.34% | 3.71% | 1.34% |
Only in SPTL
43 total- United States Treasury 2.31%
- United States Treasury 2.29%
- United States Treasury 2.26%
- United States Treasury 2.25%
- United States Treasury 2.23%
- United States Treasury 2.21%
- United States Treasury 2.20%
- United States Treasury 2.13%
- United States Treasury 2.09%
- United States Treasury 1.88%
Only in TLH
13 total- United States of America 0.65%
- United States of America 0.29%
- United States of America 0.13%
- United States of America 0.11%
- United States of America 0.04%
- United States of America 0.03%
- United States of America 0.02%
- United States of America 0.02%
- BlackRock Funds III 0.02%
- United States of America 0.01%
Open SPTL or TLH 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.