ETF comparison
GVIvsSPAB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
4,166 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and SPAB would leave roughly49.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPAB 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with GVI vs SPAB.
Top shared holdings
4,166 shared in total| # | Holding | In GVI | In SPAB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.55% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.61% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.76% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.76% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.51% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.79% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.56% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.69% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.73% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.70% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.36% | 0.79% | 0.36% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.52% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
Only in GVI
2,012 total- BlackRock Funds III0.85%
- United States Treasury0.67%
- United States Treasury0.60%
- United States Treasury0.59%
- United States Treasury0.52%
- United States Treasury0.36%
- United States Treasury0.31%
- United States Treasury0.28%
- United States Treasury0.28%
- United States Treasury0.27%
Only in SPAB
4,120 total- United States Treasury0.32%
- United States Treasury0.31%
- Government National Mortgage Association0.28%
- UMBS, TBA0.27%
- United States Treasury0.26%
- United States Treasury0.26%
- United States Treasury0.25%
- United States Treasury0.25%
- United States Treasury0.24%
- United States Treasury0.24%
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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.