ETF comparison
IEFvsTLT
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Long).
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEF and TLT would leave roughly1.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with IEF vs TLT.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEF | In TLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock Funds III | 1.09% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
Only in IEF
15 total- United States of America9.54%
- United States of America8.78%
- United States of America8.75%
- United States of America8.73%
- United States of America8.71%
- United States of America8.63%
- United States of America8.53%
- United States of America8.31%
- United States of America8.22%
- United States of America6.73%
Only in TLT
46 total- United States of America4.58%
- United States of America4.50%
- United States of America4.46%
- United States of America4.40%
- United States of America4.15%
- United States of America4.04%
- United States of America4.03%
- United States of America3.95%
- United States of America3.94%
- United States of America3.86%
Open IEF or TLT at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
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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.