ETF comparison
TLH vs VGLT
Both US Treasury (Long).
iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
59 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of TLH and VGLT would leave roughly 42.8% 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 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 TLH vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
59 shared in total| # | Holding | In TLH | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 3.14% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.85% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 3 | United States of America | 3.12% | 1.38% | 1.38% |
| 4 | United States of America | 3.19% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 5 | United States of America | 3.08% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 6 | United States of America | 2.34% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 7 | United States of America | 3.31% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 8 | United States of America | 2.30% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 9 | United States of America | 2.42% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
| 10 | United States of America | 1.82% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
| 11 | United States of America | 3.28% | 1.31% | 1.31% |
| 12 | United States of America | 3.97% | 1.31% | 1.31% |
Only in TLH
0 totalEvery TLH position is also held by VGLT.
Only in VGLT
40 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 TLH
- TLH vs SPTL · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury Index ETF 42.5%
- TLH vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 8.0%
- TLH vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 4.5%
- TLH vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.2%
- TLH vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.1%
- TLH vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.1%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 16.6%
- VGLT vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 12.1%
- VGLT vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 10.2%
- VGLT vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF 9.9%
- VGLT vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.5%
- VGLT vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.5%
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.