ETF comparison
GOVT vs NEAR
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Aggregate Bond.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF
Holdings overlap
4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and NEAR would leave roughly 1.5% 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 20 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/yr more in fees for NEAR.
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 NEAR.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In NEAR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.63% | 0.78% | 0.63% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.44% | 1.47% | 0.44% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.34% | 3.73% | 0.34% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.06% | 0.27% | 0.06% |
Only in GOVT
210 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 NEAR
1,576 total- United States Treasury 14.14%
- United States Treasury 4.25%
- United States Treasury 3.20%
- United States Treasury 1.60%
- United States Treasury 1.04%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.48%
- APPLOVIN CORP 0.47%
- PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC 0.45%
- United States Treasury 0.43%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.41%
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More comparisons with GOVT
- GOVT vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 0.9%
- GOVT vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
- GOVT vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.7%
- GOVT vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.6%
- GOVT vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 0.5%
- GOVT vs VTC · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares 0.3%
More comparisons with NEAR
- NEAR vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 1.5%
- NEAR vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 1.0%
- NEAR vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 0.8%
- NEAR vs PAAA · PGIM AAA CLO ETF 0.6%
- NEAR vs JAAA · Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF 0.4%
- NEAR vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 0.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open GOVT or NEAR 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.