ETF comparison
GOVT vs ITM
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Municipal Bond.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and ITM 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 13 bps cheaper than ITM. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for ITM.
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 ITM.
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 ITM
1,369 total- New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority 0.53%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.50%
- State of California 0.45%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.44%
- Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority 0.39%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.37%
- State of California 0.30%
- Kentucky Public Energy Authority 0.29%
- New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 0.28%
- California Housing Finance Agency 0.28%
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- GOVT vs JMUB · JPMorgan Municipal ETF 0.0%
- GOVT vs JNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF 0.0%
- GOVT vs LQD · iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- GOVT vs LTPZ · PIMCO 15+ Year U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund 0.0%
More comparisons with ITM
- ITM vs JMST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF 0.0%
- ITM vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- ITM vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- ITM vs SHM · State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETF 0.0%
- ITM vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- ITM vs SUB · iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open GOVT or ITM 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.