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GOVT vs GVI

US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Aggregate Bond.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
43.4 %

137 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and GVI would leave roughly 43.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GOVT only 55.7% Shared 43.4% GVI only 56.2%
In GOVT only
87 positions
Shared
137 positions
In GVI only
6,015 positions

Side by side

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%
GVI

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.75B
TTM yield
3.63%
Top-10 conc.
7.6%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
80
58
Tax efficiency
53
100
Liquidity
82
83
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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GOVT sub-score GVI

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with GOVT vs GVI.

Top shared holdings

137 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 0.81% 0.77% 0.77%
3 United States of America 0.93% 0.76% 0.76%
4 United States of America 0.78% 0.75% 0.75%
5 United States of America 0.99% 0.74% 0.74%
6 United States of America 0.82% 0.73% 0.73%
7 United States of America 0.62% 0.76% 0.62%
8 United States of America 0.94% 0.62% 0.62%
9 United States of America 0.61% 0.76% 0.61%
10 United States of America 0.85% 0.60% 0.60%
11 United States of America 0.59% 0.61% 0.59%
12 United States of America 0.62% 0.58% 0.58%

Only in GOVT

87 total
  • 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%
  • United States of America 0.90%
  • United States of America 0.61%
  • United States of America 0.60%
  • United States of America 0.59%
  • United States of America 0.56%

Only in GVI

6,015 total
  • United States Treasury 0.53%
  • United States Treasury 0.49%
  • United States Treasury 0.48%
  • United States Treasury 0.47%
  • United States Treasury 0.45%
  • United States Treasury 0.43%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%
  • United States Treasury 0.39%
  • United States Treasury 0.35%
  • United States Treasury 0.34%

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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.