ETF comparison
IEI vs SCHR
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Holdings overlap
78 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEI and SCHR would leave roughly 64.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHR is 12 bps cheaper than IEI. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for IEI.
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 IEI vs SCHR.
Top shared holdings
78 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEI | In SCHR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 2.28% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.64% | 2.80% | 1.64% |
| 3 | United States of America | 1.59% | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| 4 | United States of America | 1.75% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
| 5 | United States of America | 2.26% | 1.51% | 1.51% |
| 6 | United States of America | 2.09% | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 7 | United States of America | 2.05% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 8 | United States of America | 1.92% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 9 | United States of America | 2.08% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 10 | United States of America | 1.81% | 1.43% | 1.43% |
| 11 | United States of America | 2.09% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 12 | United States of America | 1.25% | 1.35% | 1.25% |
Only in IEI
8 total- United States of America 3.05%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.34%
- United States of America 0.76%
- United States of America 0.47%
- BlackRock Funds III 0.15%
- United States of America 0.01%
- United States of America 0.00%
Only in SCHR
24 total- United States Treasury 1.93%
- United States Treasury 1.90%
- United States Treasury 1.88%
- United States Treasury 1.88%
- United States Treasury 1.88%
- United States Treasury 1.85%
- United States Treasury 1.84%
- United States Treasury 1.83%
- United States Treasury 1.83%
- United States Treasury 1.66%
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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.