ETF comparison
IAGG vs IGOV
Both International Bond.
iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
881 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IAGG and IGOV would leave roughly 37.6% 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
IAGG is 28 bps cheaper than IGOV. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for IGOV.
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 IAGG vs IGOV.
Top shared holdings
881 shared in total| # | Holding | In IAGG | In IGOV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French Republic Government Bonds OAT | 0.32% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 2 | U.K. Gilts | 0.25% | 0.28% | 0.25% |
| 3 | French Republic Government Bonds OAT | 0.23% | 0.31% | 0.23% |
| 4 | Bundesobligation | 0.43% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 5 | U.K. Gilts | 0.25% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | French Republic Government Bonds OAT | 0.22% | 0.25% | 0.22% |
| 7 | FRANCE (GOVT OF) | 0.25% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 8 | French Republic Government Bonds OAT | 0.20% | 0.28% | 0.20% |
| 9 | French Republic Government Bonds OAT | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 10 | French Republic Government Bonds OAT | 0.19% | 0.24% | 0.19% |
| 11 | French Republic Government Bonds OAT | 0.19% | 0.21% | 0.19% |
| 12 | French Republic Government Bonds OAT | 0.19% | 0.27% | 0.19% |
Only in IAGG
7,246 total- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 1.11%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.76%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.70%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.55%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.54%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.53%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.45%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.42%
- CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK 0.35%
- CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND 0.34%
Only in IGOV
84 total- Portugal Obrigacoes do Tesouro OT 0.52%
- Slovakia Government Bonds 0.28%
- Netherlands Government Bonds 0.25%
- JAPAN (5 YEAR ISSUE) 0.22%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 0.18%
- Finland Government Bonds 0.18%
- Finland Government Bonds 0.17%
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 0.16%
- Finland Government Bonds 0.16%
- KOREA TREASURY BOND 0.16%
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- IAGG vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with IGOV
- IGOV vs EBND · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Emerging Markets Local Bond ETF 7.1%
- IGOV vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- IGOV vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- IGOV vs EMB · iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF 0.0%
- IGOV vs EMLC · VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF 0.0%
- IGOV vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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