ETF comparison
GOVT vs GVI
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Aggregate Bond.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
132 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and GVI would leave roughly 41.4% 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 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
132 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In GVI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.83% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.99% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.80% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.77% | 0.76% | 0.76% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.92% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.73% | 0.70% | 0.70% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.94% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.62% | 0.76% | 0.62% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.63% | 0.61% | 0.61% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.61% | 0.74% | 0.61% |
| 11 | United States of America | 5.28% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.64% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
Only in GOVT
82 total- 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%
- United States of America 1.20%
- United States of America 0.82%
- United States of America 0.60%
- United States of America 0.60%
- United States of America 0.59%
Only in GVI
6,045 total- United States Treasury 0.60%
- United States Treasury 0.54%
- United States Treasury 0.50%
- United States Treasury 0.49%
- United States Treasury 0.48%
- United States Treasury 0.46%
- United States Treasury 0.45%
- United States Treasury 0.44%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with GOVT
- GOVT vs VGIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 40.6%
- GOVT vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF 40.0%
- GOVT vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 39.6%
- GOVT vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 37.6%
- GOVT vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 32.9%
- GOVT vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 31.3%
More comparisons with GVI
- GVI vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 29.9%
- GVI vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 27.9%
- GVI vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 27.3%
- GVI vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 24.5%
- GVI vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 18.9%
- GVI vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 14.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.