ETF comparison
GOVT vs VCRB
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
63 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and VCRB would leave roughly 7.7% 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
GOVT is 5 bps cheaper than VCRB. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for VCRB.
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 VCRB.
Top shared holdings
63 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In VCRB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.55% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.83% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.44% | 0.52% | 0.44% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.52% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.73% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.38% | 0.55% | 0.38% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.33% | 0.49% | 0.33% |
| 8 | United States of America | 1.46% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.26% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.54% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.43% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
Only in GOVT
151 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 1.46%
- United States of America 1.38%
- United States of America 1.37%
- United States of America 1.36%
- United States of America 1.20%
Only in VCRB
3,351 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.02%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.97%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.75%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.68%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.65%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.60%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
- OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.56%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with GOVT
- GOVT vs TLH · iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF 7.4%
- GOVT vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 6.6%
- GOVT vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 4.4%
- GOVT vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund 1.8%
- GOVT vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 1.5%
- GOVT vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 0.9%
More comparisons with VCRB
- VCRB vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 7.1%
- VCRB vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 6.6%
- VCRB vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 6.5%
- VCRB vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 5.2%
- VCRB vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 5.2%
- VCRB vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 5.0%
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.