ETF comparison
BSVvsGVI
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
2,975 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and GVI would leave roughly58.3%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 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with BSV vs GVI.
Top shared holdings
2,975 shared in total| # | Holding | In BSV | In GVI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.88% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.12% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.70% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.56% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.55% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.70% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.70% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.55% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.56% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.77% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.89% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
Only in BSV
210 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.78%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.75%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.67%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.30%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.29%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.26%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau0.05%
- Federal Home Loan Banks0.05%
- Province of British Columbia Canada0.04%
Only in GVI
3,203 total- BlackRock Funds III0.85%
- United States Treasury0.79%
- United States Treasury0.77%
- United States Treasury0.76%
- United States Treasury0.76%
- United States Treasury0.76%
- United States Treasury0.74%
- United States Treasury0.73%
- United States Treasury0.70%
- United States Treasury0.69%
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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.