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LBOX vs VBIL

GraniteShares Short Term Box ETF

LBOX—Cboe

Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF

VBILANasdaq

Overlap

Expense ratio

VBIL −0.07pt a year

LBOX0.13%VBIL0.06%

Avg volume · 30D

VBIL 774.2×the volume

LBOX3.87KVBIL3M

LBOX vs VBIL Performance

Oct 2, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026

+0.4%LBOX+0.3%VBIL

Oct 2, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026. LBOX +0.4%. VBIL +0.3%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.0%0.1%0.2%Oct 2Oct 16Nov 2
Expense ratio
LBOX 0.13%
VBIL 0.06%, better
Fund size
LBOX $3M
VBIL $12.8B
1Y total return
LBOX No data
VBIL +3.8%
Yield (12M)
LBOX No data
VBIL 3.82%
Holdings
LBOX 3
VBIL 29
Avg volume (30D)
LBOX 3.87K sh
VBIL 3M sh, better
NAV per share
LBOX $25.20
VBIL $75.76
52W range

ETF.net Grade

  • —LBOXNot yet graded
VBIL: Cost 95, Risk 48, Mission 100, Tradability 84, Holdings 43, Durability 79.
Pillar letters and Scores for LBOX, VBIL, with each pillar’s weight
PillarLBOXVBIL
Cost30% weightNot scoredA95
Mission25% weightNot scoredA100
Risk15% weightNot scoredC48
Tradability15% weightNot scoredA84
Holdings10% weightNot scoredC43
Durability5% weightNot scoredA79

Rank among Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds

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Cash & Ultra-Short Income⁠

Category · 78 funds
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VBIL ranks 3rd of 78 funds in the Cash & Ultra-Short Income Category.

  1. Rank 1AICSHiShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETFScore 84
  2. Rank 2ACLIPGlobal X 1-3 Month T-Bill ETFScore 82
  3. Rank 3AVBILVanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETFScore 81
  4. Rank 3AVUSBVanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETFScore 81
  5. LBOXNot yet graded

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

LBOX—GraniteShares Short Term Box ETF

VBILAVanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF

In short

LBOX No data

VBIL Vanguard's cash-parking ETF: roughly two dozen Treasury bills, none maturing more than three months out, at 0.06% a year. It landed in 2025 and undercut most of the T-bill shelf on price.

Stated mandate

LBOX No data

VBIL VBIL seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted Treasury index with an ultra-short-term dollar-weighted average maturity, using a passive approach designed to follow the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bills 0-3 Months Index.

Why people hold it

LBOX No data

  • VBIL It charges 0.06% a year, well under the 0.14% median for 0-1 year Treasury funds and under the category veteran, BIL.
  • Plain passive mandate on the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bills 0-3 Months Index, tracked very closely. One of the tightest implementations in its peer group.vanguard.com
  • Roughly two dozen bills backed by the US Treasury, every one maturing inside three months. Interest goes out monthly.
  • A multi-billion-dollar fund with active daily trading, which tends to keep bid-ask costs small.

Worth knowing

LBOX No data

  • VBIL The payout floats with short-term rates. Monthly income rises and falls with what bills yield, and nothing about it is fixed.
  • It opened in 2025, so its live record is short next to T-bill funds that have been running for years.
  • Stretching maturity gets cheaper: peer XONE targets one-year duration at 0.03%, trading lower cost for more rate sensitivity.

Full LBOX profile⁠

Full VBIL profile⁠

LBOX vs VBIL Holdings

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

LBOX vs VBIL Cost

Overpaying LBOX vs VBIL

$1,557

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • LBOX 0.1349%

    $2,827

  • VBIL 0.06%

    $1,270

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • LBOX 0.1349%
  • VBIL 0.06%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$1K$2K$3K051015202530LBOX $2,827VBIL $1,270

Year by year

YearLBOXVBILOverpaying
10$247$110$137
20$964$432$532
30$2,827$1,270$1,557

Expense ratio

  • 0.13%LBOX
  • 0.06%VBIL, cheaper
  • Middle half of Cash & Ultra-Short Income funds
  • Median 0.18%

VBIL 6th cheapest of 78 funds

LBOX 17th cheapest of 78 funds

LBOX vs VBIL Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026
Yield (12M)
LBOX No data
VBIL 3.82%
Payout (12M)
LBOX None
VBIL $2.89
Last payment
LBOX No data
VBIL $0.24
Ex-dividend
LBOX No data
VBIL Nov 2, 2026
Paid on
LBOX No data
VBIL Pays Nov 4, 2026
Frequency
LBOX No data
VBIL Monthly

Distribution history

Per share, 2025 to 2026, same scale for both

LBOXAll LBOX payments⁠

No distribution history available.

VBILMonthly · 20 paymentsAll VBIL payments⁠
One bar per payment. 20 payments from 2025 to 2026 YTD. Apr 1, 2025 $0.23; May 1, 2025 $0.21; Jun 2, 2025 $0.22; Jul 1, 2025 $0.24; Aug 1, 2025 $0.25; Sep 2, 2025 $0.25; Oct 1, 2025 $0.24; Nov 3, 2025 $0.24; Dec 1, 2025 $0.23; Dec 18, 2025 $0.23; Feb 2, 2026 $0.23; Mar 2, 2026 $0.20; Apr 1, 2026 $0.21; May 1, 2026 $0.22; Jun 1, 2026 $0.22; Jul 1, 2026 $0.21; Aug 3, 2026 $0.23; Sep 1, 2026 $0.22; Oct 1, 2026 $0.22; Nov 2, 2026 $0.24. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$0.252026YTD

LBOX vs VBIL Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
LBOX No dataVBIL 0.1%since Mar 2025
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
LBOX No dataVBIL −1.04since Mar 2025
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
LBOX No dataVBIL −0.1%since Feb 2025
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
LBOX 0.00VBIL −0.01

LBOX and VBIL in the news

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