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BLV vs GVI

Both US Aggregate Bond.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

9 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and GVI would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BLV unmatched 98.8% Shared 0.0% GVI unmatched 98.8%

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
2,974 positions
Shared
9 positions
In GVI only
6,168 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%
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
50
Tax efficiency
53
95
Liquidity
81
99
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BLV sub-score GVI

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

Cost difference

BLV 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 BLV vs GVI.

Top shared holdings

9 shared in total
# Holding In BLV In GVI Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.24% 0.02% 0.02%
2 Baker Hughes Holdings LLC / Baker Hughes Co-Obligor Inc 0.03% 0.01% 0.01%
3 Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
4 Prologis LP 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
5 Cheniere Energy Inc 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
6 Bell Telephone Co of Canada or Bell Canada 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
7 PayPal Holdings Inc 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
8 Waste Connections Inc 0.01% 0.00% 0.00%
9 Principal Financial Group Inc 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Only in BLV

2,974 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.17%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.14%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.10%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.06%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.97%

Only in GVI

6,168 total
  • United States Treasury 0.79%
  • United States Treasury 0.77%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.74%
  • United States Treasury 0.73%
  • United States Treasury 0.70%
  • United States Treasury 0.69%
  • United States Treasury 0.67%

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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.