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ETF comparison

IEF vs IEI

Both US Treasury (Intermediate).

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.0 %

3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEF and IEI would leave roughly 1.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IEF unmatched 97.2% Shared 1.0% IEI unmatched 97.8%

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 IEF only
12 positions
Shared
3 positions
In IEI only
80 positions

Side by side

IEF

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Intermediate)

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$41.56B
TTM yield
4.08%
Top-10 conc.
84.9%
IEI

iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Intermediate)

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$16.79B
TTM yield
3.80%
Top-10 conc.
22.0%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
85
57
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
N/A
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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IEF sub-score IEI

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

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.15% vs 0.15%).

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 IEF vs IEI.

Top shared holdings

3 shared in total
# Holding In IEF In IEI Overlap
1 United States of America 0.38% 0.89% 0.38%
2 United States of America 1.47% 0.35% 0.35%
3 United States of America 0.30% 2.11% 0.30%

Only in IEF

12 total
  • United States of America 9.54%
  • United States of America 8.78%
  • United States of America 8.75%
  • United States of America 8.73%
  • United States of America 8.71%
  • United States of America 8.63%
  • United States of America 8.53%
  • United States of America 8.31%
  • United States of America 8.22%
  • United States of America 6.73%

Only in IEI

80 total
  • United States of America 2.90%
  • United States of America 2.28%
  • United States of America 2.26%
  • United States of America 2.23%
  • United States of America 2.09%
  • United States of America 2.09%
  • United States of America 2.08%
  • United States of America 2.05%
  • United States of America 1.93%
  • United States of America 1.92%

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.