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ETF comparison

GVI vs SCHZ

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
51.8 %

5,771 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and SCHZ would leave roughly 51.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GVI unmatched 47.1% Shared 51.8% SCHZ unmatched 46.9%

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 GVI only
406 positions
Shared
5,771 positions
In SCHZ only
6,555 positions

Side by side

GVI

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.74B
TTM yield
3.74%
Top-10 conc.
7.4%
SCHZ

Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Schwab · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$10.45B
TTM yield
4.30%
Top-10 conc.
3.7%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
97
53
Tax efficiency
52
81
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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GVI sub-score SCHZ

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

Cost difference

SCHZ is 17 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/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 SCHZ.

Top shared holdings

5,771 shared in total
# Holding In GVI In SCHZ Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.70% 0.39% 0.39%
2 United States Treasury 0.69% 0.39% 0.39%
3 United States Treasury 0.76% 0.39% 0.39%
4 United States Treasury 0.76% 0.37% 0.37%
5 United States Treasury 0.76% 0.37% 0.37%
6 United States Treasury 0.79% 0.37% 0.37%
7 United States Treasury 0.73% 0.36% 0.36%
8 United States Treasury 0.74% 0.36% 0.36%
9 United States Treasury 0.77% 0.36% 0.36%
10 United States Treasury 0.56% 0.36% 0.36%
11 United States Treasury 0.61% 0.35% 0.35%
12 United States Treasury 0.60% 0.33% 0.33%

Only in GVI

406 total
  • United States Treasury 0.60%
  • United States Treasury 0.26%
  • United States Treasury 0.20%
  • United States Treasury 0.06%
  • FANNIE MAE 0.04%
  • KFW 0.03%
  • COMCAST CORP 0.03%
  • INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.03%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.02%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02%

Only in SCHZ

6,555 total
  • United States Treasury 0.29%
  • United States Treasury 0.28%
  • United States Treasury 0.28%
  • UMBS, TBA 0.26%
  • United States Treasury 0.25%
  • United States Treasury 0.21%
  • United States Treasury 0.21%
  • United States Treasury 0.21%
  • United States Treasury 0.21%
  • United States Treasury 0.20%

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.