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BIV vs GVI

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
29.9 %

2,224 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIV and GVI would leave roughly 29.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BIV unmatched 69.0% Shared 29.9% GVI unmatched 68.9%

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 BIV only
131 positions
Shared
2,224 positions
In GVI only
3,953 positions

Side by side

BIV

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$50.44B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
4.46%
Top-10 conc.
20.9%
GVI

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.74B
TTM yield
3.74%
Top-10 conc.
7.4%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
80
52
Tax efficiency
53
100
Liquidity
81
84
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BIV sub-score GVI

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

Cost difference

BIV 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 BIV vs GVI.

Top shared holdings

2,224 shared in total
# Holding In BIV In GVI Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13% 0.79% 0.79%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14% 0.77% 0.77%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04% 0.76% 0.76%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04% 0.76% 0.76%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.08% 0.76% 0.76%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.94% 0.74% 0.74%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.02% 0.73% 0.73%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14% 0.70% 0.70%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.08% 0.69% 0.69%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.84% 0.60% 0.60%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.10% 0.59% 0.59%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.70% 0.59% 0.59%

Only in BIV

131 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.07%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.10%
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.08%
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.08%
  • NVIDIA Corp 0.06%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.06%
  • Mizuho Financial Group Inc 0.04%
  • Corp Andina de Fomento 0.04%
  • State of California 0.04%
  • NVIDIA Corp 0.04%

Only in GVI

3,953 total
  • United States Treasury 0.67%
  • United States Treasury 0.63%
  • United States Treasury 0.61%
  • United States Treasury 0.60%
  • United States Treasury 0.56%
  • United States Treasury 0.55%
  • United States Treasury 0.55%
  • United States Treasury 0.54%
  • United States Treasury 0.54%
  • United States Treasury 0.54%

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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.