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GOVTvsZROZ

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 roughly0.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GOVT only 99.0%Shared 0.0%ZROZ only 100.0%
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)

87composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$41.82B
TTM yield
3.73%
Top-10 conc.
21.7%
ZROZ

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

PIMCO · US Treasury (Long)

67composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$1.64B
TTM yield
5.65%
Top-10 conc.
53.3%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
85
58
Tax efficiency
54
100
Liquidity
66
83
Concentration
38
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Tracking quality
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GOVTsub-scoreZROZ

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor 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 thecost 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 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 America1.55%
  • United States of America1.51%
  • United States of America1.49%
  • United States of America1.39%
  • United States of America1.37%

Only in ZROZ

20 total
  • United States Treasury5.55%
  • United States Treasury5.48%
  • United States Treasury5.42%
  • United States Treasury5.40%
  • United States Treasury5.29%
  • United States Treasury5.27%
  • United States Treasury5.26%
  • United States Treasury5.26%
  • United States Treasury5.23%
  • United States Treasury5.16%

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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.