ETF comparison
GOVT vs ICSH
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Aggregate Bond.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and ICSH would leave roughly 0.7% 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 3 bps cheaper than ICSH. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for ICSH.
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 ICSH.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In ICSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.49% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.20% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
Only in GOVT
212 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 ICSH
366 total- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria/New York NY 0.91%
- BPCE SA 0.91%
- Marubeni Finance America LLC 0.77%
- Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY 0.74%
- Svenska Handelsbanken AB 0.72%
- NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL GLBL 0.70%
- MIZUHO BK LTD NEW YORK BRH INS 0.70%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP 0.68%
- CDP Financial Inc 0.68%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY 0.67%
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- GOVT vs VTC · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares 0.3%
- GOVT vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.3%
- GOVT vs VCIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.2%
- GOVT vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.2%
More comparisons with ICSH
- ICSH vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.7%
- ICSH vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 0.7%
- ICSH vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 0.7%
- ICSH vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.7%
- ICSH vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.6%
- ICSH vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open GOVT or ICSH at a brokerage
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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.