ETF comparison
GOVT vs VMBS
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Aggregate Bond.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and VMBS would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VMBS 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 VMBS.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in GOVT
214 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 1.48%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.38%
- United States of America 1.37%
Only in VMBS
5,112 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.52%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.36%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.32%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.31%
- Fannie Mae Pool 0.29%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.29%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.29%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.28%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.27%
- Freddie Mac Pool 0.27%
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- GOVT vs ZROZ · PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund 0.0%
- GOVT vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 41.4%
- GOVT vs VGIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 40.6%
- GOVT vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF 40.0%
More comparisons with VMBS
- VMBS vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 0.0%
- VMBS vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.0%
- VMBS vs JAAA · Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF 0.0%
- VMBS vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 0.0%
- VMBS vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.0%
- VMBS vs PAAA · PGIM AAA CLO ETF 0.0%
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.