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ETF comparison

GVI vs VUSB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.6 %

434 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and VUSB would leave roughly 3.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GVI unmatched 95.3% Shared 3.6% VUSB unmatched 95.1%

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
5,743 positions
Shared
434 positions
In VUSB only
847 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%
VUSB

Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$9.91B
TTM yield
4.28%
Top-10 conc.
8.8%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
90
53
Tax efficiency
52
81
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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GVI sub-score VUSB

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

Cost difference

VUSB is 10 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/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 VUSB.

Top shared holdings

434 shared in total
# Holding In GVI In VUSB Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.48% 0.67% 0.48%
2 United States Treasury 0.32% 0.52% 0.32%
3 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.03% 0.19% 0.03%
4 KFW 0.03% 0.19% 0.03%
5 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.03% 0.35% 0.03%
6 CIGNA GROUP/THE 0.02% 0.07% 0.02%
7 HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.02% 0.14% 0.02%
8 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.02% 0.37% 0.02%
9 AMGEN INC 0.02% 0.16% 0.02%
10 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% 0.22% 0.02%
11 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.02% 0.08% 0.02%
12 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.02% 0.08% 0.02%

Only in GVI

5,743 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 VUSB

847 total
  • United States Treasury Bill 4.19%
  • Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.51%
  • Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.49%
  • Westlake Flooring Master Trust 0.44%
  • DLLAD 2024-1 LLC 0.43%
  • UBS Group AG 0.41%
  • Bank of Montreal 0.40%
  • National Bank of Canada 0.38%
  • Toyota Motor Credit Corp 0.37%
  • RKTL 2026-2 0.37%

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.