ETF comparison
GOVT vs SPAB
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Aggregate Bond.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
189 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and SPAB would leave roughly 29.7% 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
SPAB 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 SPAB.
Top shared holdings
189 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In SPAB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.63% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.77% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.80% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.45% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.72% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.83% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.82% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.44% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.92% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.37% | 0.43% | 0.37% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.73% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.99% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
Only in GOVT
25 total- United States of America 5.28%
- United States of America 1.38%
- United States of America 0.82%
- United States of America 0.55%
- United States of America 0.52%
- United States of America 0.48%
- United States of America 0.27%
- United States of America 0.25%
- United States of America 0.23%
- United States of America 0.22%
Only in SPAB
8,096 total- United States Treasury 0.44%
- United States Treasury 0.32%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.30%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.28%
- UMBS, TBA 0.27%
- United States Treasury 0.27%
- United States Treasury 0.26%
- United States Treasury 0.26%
- United States Treasury 0.26%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with GOVT
- GOVT vs SPTS · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF 26.8%
- GOVT vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 26.7%
- GOVT vs SCHO · Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 26.1%
- GOVT vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 23.4%
- GOVT vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 22.9%
- GOVT vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 19.0%
More comparisons with SPAB
- SPAB vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 20.9%
- SPAB vs SPMB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF 18.0%
- SPAB vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 17.1%
- SPAB vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 16.8%
- SPAB vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 15.8%
- SPAB vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 15.2%
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.