ETF comparison
GVI vs SPAB
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 roughly 49.4% 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
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 the cost 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
2,011 total- United States Treasury 0.67%
- United States Treasury 0.60%
- United States Treasury 0.59%
- United States Treasury 0.52%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.28%
- United States Treasury 0.28%
- United States Treasury 0.27%
- United States Treasury 0.26%
Only in SPAB
4,119 total- United States Treasury 0.32%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- Government National Mortgage Association 0.28%
- UMBS, TBA 0.27%
- United States Treasury 0.26%
- United States Treasury 0.26%
- United States Treasury 0.25%
- United States Treasury 0.25%
- United States Treasury 0.24%
- United States Treasury 0.24%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with GVI
- GVI vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 45.3%
- GVI vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 43.5%
- GVI vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 41.4%
- GVI vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 29.9%
- GVI vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 27.9%
- GVI vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 27.3%
More comparisons with SPAB
- SPAB vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 46.0%
- SPAB vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 34.9%
- SPAB vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 29.7%
- SPAB vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 20.9%
- SPAB vs SPMB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF 18.0%
- SPAB vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 17.1%
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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