ETF comparison
AGG vs GVI
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
6,162 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and GVI would leave roughly 53.9% 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
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Cost difference
AGG is 17 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for GVI.
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 AGG vs GVI.
Top shared holdings
6,162 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In GVI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.42% | 0.69% | 0.42% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.41% | 0.76% | 0.41% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.41% | 0.63% | 0.41% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 0.73% | 0.40% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 0.56% | 0.40% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.76% | 0.39% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.76% | 0.39% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.77% | 0.39% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 0.74% | 0.39% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 0.79% | 0.38% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 0.70% | 0.37% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 0.45% | 0.35% |
Only in AGG
7,104 total- United States Treasury 0.25%
- Fannie Mae 0.22%
- United States Treasury 0.22%
- United States Treasury 0.21%
- United States Treasury 0.21%
- United States Treasury 0.21%
- United States Treasury 0.21%
- United States Treasury 0.21%
- United States Treasury 0.20%
- United States Treasury 0.20%
Only in GVI
15 total- FANNIE MAE 0.05%
- United States Treasury 0.01%
- State of California 0.01%
- STATE OF ISRAEL 0.01%
- FANNIE MAE 0.01%
- FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK 0.01%
- EXPORT-IMPORT BANK KOREA 0.01%
- CORP ANDINA DE FOMENTO 0.00%
- PRIVATE EXPORT FUNDING 0.00%
- LEIDOS INC 0.00%
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- AGG vs USIG · iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 24.4%
- AGG vs VGIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 20.8%
- AGG vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 19.9%
More comparisons with GVI
- GVI vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 53.4%
- GVI vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 51.8%
- GVI vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 49.4%
- GVI vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 45.3%
- GVI vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 43.5%
- GVI vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 41.4%
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/.
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