ETF comparison
BND vs GOVT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
210 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and GOVT would leave roughly 32.9% 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
BND 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 BND vs GOVT.
Top shared holdings
210 shared in total| # | Holding | In BND | In GOVT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.47% | 0.63% | 0.47% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.83% | 0.41% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.77% | 0.41% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.67% | 0.41% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.44% | 0.41% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.73% | 0.41% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.41% | 0.92% | 0.41% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.40% | 0.99% | 0.40% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.39% | 0.80% | 0.39% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.39% | 0.82% | 0.39% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.36% | 0.48% | 0.36% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.36% | 0.62% | 0.36% |
Only in BND
17,186 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.27%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.24%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.22%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.22%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.22%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.21%
Only in GOVT
4 total- United States of America 1.38%
- United States of America 0.06%
- United States of America 0.05%
- United States of America 0.04%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BND
- BND vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 24.8%
- BND vs USIG · iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 24.4%
- BND vs VGIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 20.8%
- BND vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF 20.2%
- BND vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 20.2%
- BND vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 18.5%
More comparisons with GOVT
- GOVT vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 31.3%
- GOVT vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 31.2%
- GOVT vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 30.8%
- GOVT vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 30.2%
- GOVT vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 29.7%
- GOVT vs SPTS · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF 26.8%
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.