ETF comparison
GOVTvsVGLT
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Long).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
67 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and VGLT would leave roughly16.5%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
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 thecost calculator pre-filled with GOVT vs VGLT.
Top shared holdings
67 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 1.55% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.39% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.61% | 1.64% | 0.61% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.60% | 2.17% | 0.60% |
| 5 | United States of America | 1.49% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 6 | United States of America | 1.51% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.55% | 2.17% | 0.55% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.53% | 2.04% | 0.53% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.47% | 2.21% | 0.47% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.44% | 2.21% | 0.44% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.44% | 2.13% | 0.44% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.48% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
Only in GOVT
157 total- United States of America5.25%
- United States of America2.92%
- United States of America2.60%
- United States of America2.06%
- United States of America1.59%
- United States of America1.37%
- United States of America1.34%
- United States of America1.07%
- United States of America1.01%
- United States of America0.99%
Only in VGLT
30 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.54%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.37%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.37%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.36%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.34%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.26%
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.