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EDV vs GOVT

US Treasury (Long) vs US Treasury (Intermediate).

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of EDV and GOVT would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

EDV only 100.0% Shared 0.0% GOVT only 99.0%
In EDV only
82 positions
Shared
0 positions
In GOVT only
224 positions

Side by side

EDV

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Long)

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$4.16B
TTM yield
5.24%
Top-10 conc.
16.2%
GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Intermediate)

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$43.73B
TTM yield
3.60%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
95
55
Tax efficiency
58
83
Liquidity
100
91
Concentration
83
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Tracking quality
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EDV sub-score GOVT

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

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.050% vs 0.050%).

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 EDV vs GOVT.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in EDV

82 total
  • United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.75%
  • United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.71%
  • United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.71%
  • United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%
  • United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.62%
  • United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.58%
  • United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.56%
  • United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.55%
  • United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.53%
  • United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.51%

Only in GOVT

224 total
  • United States of America 5.25%
  • United States of America 2.92%
  • United States of America 2.60%
  • United States of America 2.06%
  • United States of America 1.59%
  • United States of America 1.55%
  • United States of America 1.51%
  • United States of America 1.49%
  • United States of America 1.39%
  • United States of America 1.37%

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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.