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GOVT vs ZROZ

US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Long).

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

GOVT only 99.0% Shared 0.0% ZROZ only 99.9%
In GOVT only
224 positions
Shared
0 positions
In ZROZ only
20 positions

Side by side

GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Intermediate)

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$43.73B
TTM yield
3.60%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%
ZROZ

PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund

PIMCO · US Treasury (Long)

66 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$1.37B
TTM yield
5.36%
Top-10 conc.
55.3%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
85
58
Tax efficiency
55
100
Liquidity
62
83
Concentration
35
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Tracking quality
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GOVT sub-score ZROZ

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

Cost difference

GOVT is 10 bps cheaper than ZROZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for ZROZ.

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 ZROZ.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in GOVT

224 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 1.55%
  • United States of America 1.51%
  • United States of America 1.49%
  • United States of America 1.39%
  • United States of America 1.37%

Only in ZROZ

20 total
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 5.89%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 5.88%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 5.80%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 5.77%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 5.48%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 5.39%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 5.34%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 5.34%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 5.23%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 5.19%

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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.