ETF comparison
GOVT vs HYG
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US High Yield Bond.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and HYG would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
GOVT is 44 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for HYG.
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 HYG.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in GOVT
214 total- United States of America 5.28%
- United States of America 2.95%
- United States of America 2.63%
- United States of America 2.08%
- United States of America 1.62%
- 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%
Only in HYG
1,317 total- 1261229 BC LTD 0.54%
- ECHOSTAR CORP 0.44%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.34%
- QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.33%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.33%
- DISH NETWORK CORP 0.32%
- SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.30%
- NEXSTAR MEDIA INC 0.30%
- HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.29%
- VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.28%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with GOVT
- GOVT vs HYLB · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- GOVT vs IAGG · iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- GOVT vs ICVT · iShares Convertible Bond ETF 0.0%
- GOVT vs IGIB · iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- GOVT vs IGLB · iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- GOVT vs IGOV · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with HYG
- HYG vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- HYG vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- HYG vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond ETF 0.0%
- HYG vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- HYG vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- HYG vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open GOVT or HYG at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.