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ETF comparison

GOVT vs SCMB

US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Municipal Bond.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · Schwab Municipal Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and SCMB would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GOVT unmatched 98.8% Shared 0.0% SCMB unmatched 99.0%

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.

In GOVT only
214 positions
Shared
0 positions
In SCMB only
6,845 positions

Side by side

GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Intermediate)

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$41.37B
TTM yield
3.75%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%
SCMB

Schwab Municipal Bond ETF

Schwab · US Municipal Bond

92 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$3.07B
TTM yield
3.72%
Top-10 conc.
1.9%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
97
58
Tax efficiency
93
100
Liquidity
78
N/A
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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GOVT sub-score SCMB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SCMB 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 SCMB.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No 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 SCMB

6,845 total
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts 0.22%
  • Gwinnett County School District 0.22%
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 0.21%
  • City of New York NY 0.20%
  • State of California Department of Water Resources 0.19%
  • State of Washington 0.17%
  • State of California 0.17%
  • New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 0.17%
  • Northwest Independent School District 0.16%
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts 0.16%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open GOVT or SCMB at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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.