ETF comparison
BSVvsGOVT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
97 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and GOVT would leave roughly35.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with BSV vs GOVT.
Top shared holdings
97 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 | 0.77% | 0.78% | 0.77% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.92% | 0.75% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.71% | 0.77% | 0.71% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.70% | 0.76% | 0.70% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.63% | 0.77% | 0.63% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.12% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 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 | 0.57% | 1.01% | 0.57% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.68% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
Only in BSV
3,088 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.78%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.68%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.67%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.64%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.62%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.55%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.55%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.53%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.51%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.51%
Only in GOVT
127 total- United States of America5.25%
- United States of America1.55%
- United States of America1.51%
- United States of America1.49%
- United States of America1.39%
- United States of America0.99%
- United States of America0.93%
- United States of America0.90%
- United States of America0.85%
- United States of America0.84%
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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.