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BLV vs GOVT

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
14.8 %

70 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and GOVT would leave roughly 14.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BLV unmatched 84.0% Shared 14.8% GOVT unmatched 83.9%

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 BLV only
2,913 positions
Shared
70 positions
In GOVT only
144 positions

Side by side

BLV

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$7.79B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
5.08%
Top-10 conc.
11.0%
GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Intermediate)

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$41.37B
TTM yield
3.75%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
95
50
Tax efficiency
58
95
Liquidity
100
99
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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BLV sub-score GOVT

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

Cost difference

BLV is 2 bps cheaper than GOVT. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for GOVT.

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 BLV vs GOVT.

Top shared holdings

70 shared in total
# Holding In BLV In GOVT Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.74% 1.46% 0.74%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.86% 0.60% 0.60%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13% 0.59% 0.59%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13% 0.54% 0.54%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08% 0.52% 0.52%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.17% 0.45% 0.45%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15% 0.43% 0.43%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.14% 0.43% 0.43%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.97% 0.39% 0.39%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.06% 0.38% 0.38%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.72% 0.36% 0.36%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36% 1.37% 0.36%

Only in BLV

2,913 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.73%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.70%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.70%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.69%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.69%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.68%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.63%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.61%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.57%

Only in GOVT

144 total
  • United States of America 5.28%
  • United States of America 2.95%
  • United States of America 2.63%
  • United States of America 2.08%
  • United States of America 1.62%
  • United States of America 1.38%
  • United States of America 1.36%
  • United States of America 1.20%
  • United States of America 1.08%
  • United States of America 1.01%

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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.