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ETF comparison

GOVT vs SPTI

Both US Treasury (Intermediate).

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
40.0 %

84 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and SPTI would leave roughly 40.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GOVT unmatched 58.8% Shared 40.0% SPTI unmatched 59.0%

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
130 positions
Shared
84 positions
In SPTI only
19 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%
SPTI

State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF

State Street · US Treasury (Intermediate)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$10.38B
TTM yield
3.97%
Top-10 conc.
18.6%

Sub-score comparison

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

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

Cost difference

SPTI 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 SPTI.

Top shared holdings

84 shared in total
# Holding In GOVT In SPTI Overlap
1 United States of America 5.28% 1.48% 1.48%
2 United States of America 1.01% 1.17% 1.01%
3 United States of America 0.99% 1.86% 0.99%
4 United States of America 0.94% 1.74% 0.94%
5 United States of America 0.92% 1.80% 0.92%
6 United States of America 0.84% 1.46% 0.84%
7 United States of America 0.83% 1.88% 0.83%
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 0.80% 1.94% 0.80%
11 United States of America 0.78% 1.10% 0.78%
12 United States of America 0.77% 1.93% 0.77%

Only in GOVT

130 total
  • 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%
  • United States of America 1.36%

Only in SPTI

19 total
  • United States Treasury 1.10%
  • United States Treasury 1.08%
  • United States Treasury 0.79%
  • United States Treasury 0.78%
  • United States Treasury 0.73%
  • United States Treasury 0.72%
  • United States Treasury 0.72%
  • United States Treasury 0.72%
  • United States Treasury 0.71%
  • United States Treasury 0.69%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open GOVT or SPTI 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.