ETF comparison
GOVT vs TLH
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Long).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
41 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and TLH would leave roughly 7.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
GOVT is 10 bps cheaper than TLH. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for TLH.
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 TLH.
Top shared holdings
41 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In TLH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 1.39% | 1.48% | 1.39% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.49% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.56% | 0.61% | 0.56% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.49% | 0.65% | 0.49% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.48% | 1.10% | 0.48% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.36% | 3.25% | 0.36% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.36% | 0.71% | 0.36% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.34% | 1.00% | 0.34% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.32% | 3.91% | 0.32% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.29% | 2.42% | 0.29% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.28% | 2.82% | 0.28% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.24% | 1.60% | 0.24% |
Only in GOVT
183 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 1.37%
- United States of America 1.34%
- United States of America 1.07%
- United States of America 1.01%
Only in TLH
27 total- United States of America 5.54%
- United States of America 3.98%
- United States of America 3.97%
- United States of America 3.96%
- United States of America 3.68%
- United States of America 3.59%
- United States of America 3.32%
- United States of America 2.35%
- United States of America 2.30%
- United States of America 2.00%
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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.