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BSV vs GVI

Both US Aggregate Bond.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
57.6 %

2,964 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and GVI would leave roughly 57.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BSV only 40.7% Shared 57.6% GVI only 42.0%
In BSV only
192 positions
Shared
2,964 positions
In GVI only
3,188 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%
GVI

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.75B
TTM yield
3.63%
Top-10 conc.
7.6%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
80
52
Tax efficiency
53
100
Liquidity
82
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BSV sub-score GVI

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

Cost difference

BSV 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 BSV vs GVI.

Top shared holdings

2,964 shared in total
# Holding In BSV In GVI Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78% 0.67% 0.67%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.73% 0.66% 0.66%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.92% 0.62% 0.62%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.63% 0.61% 0.61%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.91% 0.60% 0.60%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75% 0.59% 0.59%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.56% 0.58% 0.56%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.79% 0.55% 0.55%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.56% 0.52% 0.52%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.76% 0.51% 0.51%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.72% 0.49% 0.49%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49% 0.53% 0.49%

Only in BSV

192 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.59%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.45%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.31%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.31%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.29%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.26%
  • Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.06%
  • Federal Home Loan Banks 0.06%

Only in GVI

3,188 total
  • United States Treasury 0.79%
  • United States Treasury 0.78%
  • United States Treasury 0.77%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.75%
  • United States Treasury 0.74%
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.74%
  • United States Treasury 0.73%

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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.