ETF comparison
GOVT vs SHY
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Short).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
48 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and SHY would leave roughly 22.9% 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 SHY. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for SHY.
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 SHY.
Top shared holdings
48 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In SHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 1.62% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 2 | United States of America | 2.63% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
| 3 | United States of America | 2.95% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 4 | United States of America | 2.08% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 5 | United States of America | 1.36% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.99% | 1.21% | 0.99% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.98% | 1.00% | 0.98% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.96% | 1.38% | 0.96% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.93% | 1.16% | 0.93% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.90% | 1.26% | 0.90% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.83% | 1.13% | 0.83% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.98% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
Only in GOVT
166 total- United States of America 5.28%
- 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%
- United States of America 1.20%
- United States of America 1.08%
- United States of America 1.01%
- United States of America 0.99%
Only in SHY
41 total- United States of America 1.96%
- United States of America 1.84%
- United States of America 1.60%
- United States of America 1.52%
- United States of America 1.34%
- United States of America 1.34%
- United States of America 1.34%
- United States of America 1.32%
- United States of America 1.29%
- United States of America 1.29%
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- GOVT vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 19.0%
- GOVT vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 17.5%
- GOVT vs SPTL · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF 16.7%
- GOVT vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 16.5%
- GOVT vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 16.2%
- GOVT vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 15.3%
More comparisons with SHY
- SHY vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 15.9%
- SHY vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.3%
- SHY vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 14.9%
- SHY vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 14.8%
- SHY vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 14.3%
- SHY vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 13.4%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.