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ETF comparison

SUB vs VGLT

US Municipal Bond vs US Treasury (Long).

iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

SUB unmatched 100.7% Shared 0.0% VGLT unmatched 98.2%

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 SUB only
2,976 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VGLT only
99 positions

Side by side

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%
VGLT

Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Long)

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$16.40B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
4.45%
Top-10 conc.
20.8%

Sub-score comparison

93
Cost
97
93
Tax efficiency
57
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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SUB sub-score VGLT

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

Cost difference

VGLT is 4 bps cheaper than SUB. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for SUB.

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 SUB vs VGLT.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in SUB

2,976 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%

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%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open SUB 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.