ETF comparison
GOVT vs IEF
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
15 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and IEF would leave roughly 9.6% 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 10 bps cheaper than IEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for IEF.
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 IEF.
Top shared holdings
15 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In IEF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.99% | 8.78% | 0.99% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.92% | 6.73% | 0.92% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.83% | 8.31% | 0.83% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.82% | 8.73% | 0.82% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.80% | 8.71% | 0.80% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.77% | 8.63% | 0.77% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.76% | 5.32% | 0.76% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.73% | 9.54% | 0.73% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.62% | 8.22% | 0.62% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.61% | 8.53% | 0.61% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.48% | 5.81% | 0.48% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.44% | 8.75% | 0.44% |
Only in GOVT
199 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 IEF
0 totalEvery IEF position is also held by GOVT.
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- GOVT vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 4.4%
- GOVT vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund 1.8%
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More comparisons with IEF
- IEF vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 5.2%
- IEF vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 5.1%
- IEF vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.9%
- IEF vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 1.0%
- IEF vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- IEF vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open GOVT or IEF 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.