ETF comparison
GVI vs SHY
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
89 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and SHY would leave roughly 26.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SHY is 5 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 SHY.
Top shared holdings
89 shared in total| # | Holding | In GVI | In SHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.66% | 0.63% | 0.63% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.60% | 0.73% | 0.60% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.58% | 1.31% | 0.58% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.52% | 1.38% | 0.52% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.49% | 1.09% | 0.49% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.48% | 0.81% | 0.48% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.48% | 1.15% | 0.48% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.48% | 1.38% | 0.48% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.47% | 1.71% | 0.47% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.46% | 1.20% | 0.46% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.47% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.43% | 1.23% | 0.43% |
Only in GVI
6,063 total- United States Treasury 0.79%
- United States Treasury 0.78%
- United States Treasury 0.77%
- United States Treasury 0.76%
- United States Treasury 0.76%
- United States Treasury 0.76%
- United States Treasury 0.75%
- United States Treasury 0.74%
- United States Treasury 0.73%
- United States Treasury 0.67%
Only in SHY
1 total- United States of America 1.37%
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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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