ETF comparison
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
104 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and GOVT would leave roughly 37.6% 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
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
104 shared in total| # | Holding | In BSV | In GOVT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.88% | 0.94% | 0.88% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.81% | 0.98% | 0.81% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.77% | 0.78% | 0.77% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.93% | 0.75% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.71% | 0.77% | 0.71% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.70% | 0.73% | 0.70% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.68% | 0.72% | 0.68% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.67% | 1.20% | 0.67% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.12% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.63% | 0.78% | 0.63% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
Only in BSV
3,081 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.64%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.62%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.55%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.53%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.51%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.51%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.51%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.51%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.50%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
Only in GOVT
110 total- United States of America 5.28%
- United States of America 1.48%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.37%
- United States of America 0.99%
- United States of America 0.92%
- United States of America 0.84%
- United States of America 0.83%
- United States of America 0.82%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BSV
- BSV vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 37.4%
- BSV vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 36.9%
- BSV vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 34.9%
- BSV vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 34.9%
- BSV vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 33.9%
- BSV vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 30.2%
More comparisons with GOVT
- GOVT vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 32.9%
- 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%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open BSV or GOVT at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.