ETF comparison
GVI vs ICSH
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF
Holdings overlap
51 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and ICSH would leave roughly 0.9% 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
ICSH is 12 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for GVI.
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 GVI vs ICSH.
Top shared holdings
51 shared in total| # | Holding | In GVI | In ICSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.60% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.27% | 0.42% | 0.27% |
| 3 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.03% | 0.10% | 0.03% |
| 4 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.03% | 0.21% | 0.03% |
| 5 | SALESFORCE INC | 0.02% | 0.65% | 0.02% |
| 6 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.02% | 0.16% | 0.02% |
| 7 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.02% | 0.43% | 0.02% |
| 8 | MORGAN STANLEY PVT BANK | 0.01% | 0.65% | 0.01% |
| 9 | CITIGROUP INC | 0.01% | 0.12% | 0.01% |
| 10 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.01% | 0.14% | 0.01% |
| 11 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.01% | 0.23% | 0.01% |
| 12 | GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA | 0.01% | 0.47% | 0.01% |
Only in GVI
6,126 total- United States Treasury 0.79%
- United States Treasury 0.77%
- United States Treasury 0.76%
- United States Treasury 0.76%
- United States Treasury 0.76%
- United States Treasury 0.74%
- United States Treasury 0.73%
- United States Treasury 0.70%
- United States Treasury 0.69%
- United States Treasury 0.67%
Only in ICSH
317 total- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria/New York NY 0.91%
- BPCE SA 0.91%
- Marubeni Finance America LLC 0.77%
- Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY 0.74%
- Svenska Handelsbanken AB 0.72%
- NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL GLBL 0.70%
- MIZUHO BK LTD NEW YORK BRH INS 0.70%
- CDP Financial Inc 0.68%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY 0.67%
- PACIFIC LIFE GF II 0.66%
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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/.
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