ETF comparison
FBND vs GOVT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
Holdings overlap
79 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FBND and GOVT would leave roughly 18.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
GOVT is 31 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/yr more in fees for FBND.
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 FBND vs GOVT.
Top shared holdings
79 shared in total| # | Holding | In FBND | In GOVT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UST NOTES | 2.12% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 2 | UST NOTES | 2.23% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 3 | UST NOTES | 1.30% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 4 | UST NOTES | 1.53% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 5 | UST NOTES | 0.96% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 6 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.92% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 7 | UST NOTES | 0.57% | 0.76% | 0.57% |
| 8 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.88% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 9 | UST NOTES | 0.54% | 0.85% | 0.54% |
| 10 | UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND | 0.82% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 11 | UST NOTES | 0.51% | 0.82% | 0.51% |
| 12 | UST NOTES | 0.50% | 0.84% | 0.50% |
Only in FBND
4,313 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 2.92%
- UST NOTES 2.86%
- UST NOTES 1.47%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 1.32%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 1.04%
- GNMA II GTD PASS THRU CTF MULTIPLE ISSUER 0.99%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 0.80%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 0.77%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 0.76%
- UST NOTES 0.57%
Only in GOVT
145 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 1.51%
- United States of America 1.49%
- United States of America 1.39%
- United States of America 1.37%
- United States of America 1.34%
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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.