ETF comparison
GOVTvsTLH
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Long).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
42 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and TLH would leave roughly7.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with GOVT vs TLH.
Top shared holdings
42 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% | 0.62% | 0.56% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.48% | 1.10% | 0.48% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.36% | 3.07% | 0.36% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.36% | 0.71% | 0.36% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.34% | 0.99% | 0.34% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.32% | 3.42% | 0.32% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.29% | 2.43% | 0.29% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.28% | 2.51% | 0.28% |
| 11 | BlackRock Funds III | 0.24% | 0.86% | 0.24% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.24% | 1.61% | 0.24% |
Only in GOVT
182 total- United States of America2.92%
- United States of America2.60%
- United States of America2.06%
- United States of America1.59%
- United States of America1.55%
- United States of America1.51%
- United States of America1.37%
- United States of America1.34%
- United States of America1.07%
- United States of America1.01%
Only in TLH
25 total- United States of America5.54%
- United States of America3.97%
- United States of America3.95%
- United States of America3.44%
- United States of America3.32%
- United States of America3.31%
- United States of America3.26%
- United States of America2.63%
- United States of America2.35%
- United States of America2.30%
Open GOVT or TLH 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.