ETF comparison
GOVT vs USIG
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Corporate Bond.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and USIG would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
USIG is 1 bps cheaper than GOVT. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 USIG.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in GOVT
214 total- United States of America 5.28%
- 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%
Only in USIG
11,458 total- ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.09%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.09%
- EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.08%
- CVS HEALTH CORP 0.08%
- T-MOBILE USA INC 0.07%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07%
- META PLATFORMS INC 0.06%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with GOVT
- GOVT vs VBIL · Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF 0.0%
- GOVT vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- GOVT vs VTEB · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- GOVT vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- GOVT vs ZROZ · PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund 0.0%
- GOVT vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 41.4%
More comparisons with USIG
- USIG vs ICVT · iShares Convertible Bond ETF 0.0%
- USIG vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- USIG vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- USIG vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond ETF 0.0%
- USIG vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- USIG vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open GOVT or USIG at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.