ETF comparison
CORP vs GOVT
US Corporate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CORP and GOVT would leave roughly 1.8% 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
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Cost difference
GOVT is 36 bps cheaper than CORP. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/yr more in fees for CORP.
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 CORP vs GOVT.
Top shared holdings
6 shared in total| # | Holding | In CORP | In GOVT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 1.23% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 2.53% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.58% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 2.26% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.08% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.01% | 0.38% | 0.01% |
Only in CORP
1,448 total- United States Treasury 1.28%
- United States Treasury 1.11%
- United States Treasury 0.95%
- United States Treasury 0.93%
- SOUTHERN CAL EDISON 0.57%
- GULFSTREAM NATURAL GAS 0.46%
- BNP PARIBAS 0.43%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.39%
- SUMITOMO MITSUI FINL GRP 0.38%
- PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC 0.36%
Only in GOVT
208 total- United States of America 5.28%
- United States of America 2.95%
- United States of America 2.63%
- United States of America 2.08%
- United States of America 1.62%
- United States of America 1.48%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.38%
- United States of America 1.37%
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- GOVT vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
- GOVT vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.7%
- GOVT vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.6%
- GOVT vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 0.5%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open CORP or GOVT at a brokerage
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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.