ETF comparison
GOVT vs SCHR
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Holdings overlap
80 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and SCHR would leave roughly 39.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHR is 2 bps cheaper than GOVT. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for GOVT.
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 SCHR.
Top shared holdings
80 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In SCHR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 5.25% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.01% | 1.15% | 1.01% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.99% | 1.85% | 0.99% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.94% | 1.66% | 0.94% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.93% | 1.83% | 0.93% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.85% | 1.49% | 0.85% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.84% | 1.90% | 0.84% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.82% | 1.83% | 0.82% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.82% | 1.45% | 0.82% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.81% | 1.88% | 0.81% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.78% | 1.13% | 0.78% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.78% | 1.88% | 0.78% |
Only in GOVT
144 total- United States of America 2.92%
- United States of America 2.60%
- United States of America 2.06%
- United States of America 1.59%
- United States of America 1.55%
- United States of America 1.51%
- United States of America 1.49%
- United States of America 1.39%
- United States of America 1.37%
- United States of America 1.34%
Only in SCHR
22 total- United States Treasury 2.80%
- United States Treasury 1.10%
- United States Treasury 1.10%
- United States Treasury 0.71%
- United States Treasury 0.70%
- United States Treasury 0.70%
- United States Treasury 0.70%
- United States Treasury 0.69%
- United States Treasury 0.69%
- United States Treasury 0.69%
Open GOVT or SCHR 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.