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BSV vs GOVT

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
38.7 %

105 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and GOVT would leave roughly 38.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BSV only 59.6% Shared 38.7% GOVT only 60.3%
In BSV only
3,051 positions
Shared
105 positions
In GOVT only
119 positions

Side by side

BSV

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$69.83B
TTM yield
4.01%
Top-10 conc.
8.5%
GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Intermediate)

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$43.73B
TTM yield
3.60%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
95
52
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
83
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Tracking quality
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BSV sub-score GOVT

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

Cost difference

BSV 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 BSV vs GOVT.

Top shared holdings

105 shared in total
# Holding In BSV In GOVT Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.92% 0.94% 0.92%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78% 0.78% 0.78%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75% 0.92% 0.75%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.74% 0.77% 0.74%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.76% 0.66% 0.66%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.63% 0.77% 0.63%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.16% 0.62% 0.62%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.60% 1.01% 0.60%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75% 0.59% 0.59%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.63% 0.59% 0.59%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.72% 0.56% 0.56%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.56% 0.62% 0.56%

Only in BSV

3,051 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.68%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.63%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.54%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.52%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.52%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.51%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%

Only in GOVT

119 total
  • United States of America 5.25%
  • United States of America 1.55%
  • United States of America 1.51%
  • United States of America 1.49%
  • United States of America 1.39%
  • United States of America 0.99%
  • United States of America 0.93%
  • United States of America 0.90%
  • United States of America 0.85%
  • United States of America 0.84%

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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.