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GOVT vs VTEB

US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Municipal Bond.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and VTEB would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GOVT unmatched 98.8% Shared 0.0% VTEB unmatched 98.9%

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.

In GOVT only
214 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VTEB only
10,591 positions

Side by side

GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Intermediate)

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$41.37B
TTM yield
3.75%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%
VTEB

Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Municipal Bond

97 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$51.71B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
3.50%
Top-10 conc.
0.9%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
97
58
Tax efficiency
93
100
Liquidity
100
N/A
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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GOVT sub-score VTEB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VTEB 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 VTEB.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No 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 VTEB

10,591 total
  • City of New York NY 0.12%
  • University of California 0.11%
  • State of Idaho 0.10%
  • State of California 0.10%
  • State of Maryland 0.09%
  • New York State Thruway Authority 0.09%
  • Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.09%
  • Dallas Independent School District 0.08%
  • Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund 0.08%
  • Energy Northwest 0.08%

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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.