ETF comparison
GOVT vs VGIT
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
80 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and VGIT would leave roughly 40.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Vanguard · US Treasury (Intermediate)
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGIT 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 VGIT.
Top shared holdings
80 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In VGIT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 5.25% | 1.57% | 1.57% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.01% | 1.12% | 1.01% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.99% | 1.93% | 0.99% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.94% | 1.66% | 0.94% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.93% | 1.89% | 0.93% |
| 6 | United States of America | 2.92% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.85% | 1.52% | 0.85% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.84% | 1.98% | 0.84% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.82% | 1.89% | 0.82% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.82% | 1.47% | 0.82% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.81% | 1.91% | 0.81% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.78% | 1.08% | 0.78% |
Only in GOVT
144 total- 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 1.49%
- United States of America 1.39%
- United States of America 1.37%
- United States of America 1.34%
- United States of America 0.97%
Only in VGIT
22 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.10%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.02%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.02%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.74%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.74%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.73%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.72%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.71%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.70%
Open GOVT or VGIT 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.