ETF comparison
GOVTvsGVI
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Aggregate Bond.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
133 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and GVI would leave roughly43.2%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
GOVT is 15 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/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 GOVT vs GVI.
Top shared holdings
133 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In GVI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.84% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.99% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.81% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.78% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.93% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.94% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.62% | 0.76% | 0.62% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.61% | 0.74% | 0.61% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.62% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.62% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 11 | United States of America | 5.25% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.64% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
Only in GOVT
91 total- United States of America1.55%
- United States of America1.51%
- United States of America1.49%
- United States of America1.39%
- United States of America1.37%
- United States of America0.90%
- United States of America0.61%
- United States of America0.60%
- United States of America0.59%
- United States of America0.56%
Only in GVI
6,045 total- United States Treasury0.54%
- United States Treasury0.50%
- United States Treasury0.49%
- United States Treasury0.48%
- United States Treasury0.46%
- United States Treasury0.45%
- United States Treasury0.44%
- United States Treasury0.41%
- United States Treasury0.38%
- United States Treasury0.36%
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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.