ETF comparison
IEF vs SCHR
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Holdings overlap
15 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEF and SCHR would leave roughly 23.2% 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
SCHR is 12 bps cheaper than IEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for IEF.
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 SCHR.
Top shared holdings
15 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEF | In SCHR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 8.75% | 1.93% | 1.93% |
| 2 | United States of America | 8.31% | 1.90% | 1.90% |
| 3 | United States of America | 8.63% | 1.88% | 1.88% |
| 4 | United States of America | 8.22% | 1.88% | 1.88% |
| 5 | United States of America | 8.71% | 1.87% | 1.87% |
| 6 | United States of America | 9.54% | 1.85% | 1.85% |
| 7 | United States of America | 8.78% | 1.85% | 1.85% |
| 8 | United States of America | 8.53% | 1.84% | 1.84% |
| 9 | United States of America | 6.73% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 10 | United States of America | 8.73% | 1.82% | 1.82% |
| 11 | United States of America | 5.81% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 12 | United States of America | 5.32% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
Only in IEF
0 totalEvery IEF position is also held by SCHR.
Only in SCHR
86 total- United States Treasury 2.14%
- United States Treasury 1.65%
- United States Treasury 1.55%
- United States Treasury 1.55%
- United States Treasury 1.52%
- United States Treasury 1.50%
- United States Treasury 1.49%
- United States Treasury 1.46%
- United States Treasury 1.45%
- United States Treasury 1.43%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IEF
- IEF vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF 23.1%
- IEF vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 9.6%
- IEF vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 5.2%
- IEF vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 5.1%
- IEF vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.9%
- IEF vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 1.0%
More comparisons with SCHR
- SCHR vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 20.2%
- SCHR vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 19.9%
- SCHR vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 19.6%
- SCHR vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SCHR vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- SCHR vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
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.