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
68 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and VGLT would leave roughly 16.5% 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
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
68 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In VGLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 1.46% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.37% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.60% | 1.64% | 0.60% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.59% | 2.17% | 0.59% |
| 5 | United States of America | 1.46% | 0.57% | 0.57% |
| 6 | United States of America | 1.48% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.54% | 2.17% | 0.54% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.52% | 2.04% | 0.52% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.45% | 2.21% | 0.45% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.43% | 2.21% | 0.43% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.48% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.43% | 2.13% | 0.43% |
Only in GOVT
146 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 1.38%
- United States of America 1.36%
- United States of America 1.20%
- United States of America 1.08%
- United States of America 1.01%
Only in VGLT
29 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.37%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.37%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.36%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.34%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.18%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with GOVT
- GOVT vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 16.2%
- GOVT vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 15.3%
- GOVT vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 14.8%
- GOVT vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 11.4%
- GOVT vs IEF · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF 9.6%
- GOVT vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 7.7%
More comparisons with VGLT
- VGLT vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 12.0%
- VGLT vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 10.0%
- VGLT vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 9.6%
- VGLT vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.3%
- VGLT vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.3%
- VGLT vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.3%
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.