ETF comparison
GOVT vs VGLT
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Long).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
66 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and VGLT would leave roughly 16.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGLT 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 VGLT.
Top shared holdings
66 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 1.55% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.39% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.61% | 1.67% | 0.61% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.60% | 2.25% | 0.60% |
| 5 | United States of America | 1.49% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 6 | United States of America | 1.51% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.55% | 2.24% | 0.55% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.53% | 2.10% | 0.53% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.47% | 2.30% | 0.47% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.44% | 2.29% | 0.44% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.44% | 2.19% | 0.44% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.48% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
Only in GOVT
158 total- United States of America 5.25%
- 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 1.37%
- United States of America 1.34%
- United States of America 1.07%
- United States of America 1.01%
- United States of America 0.99%
Only in VGLT
30 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.59%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.45%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.38%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.37%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.29%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.20%
Open GOVT or VGLT 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.