ETF comparison
IEI vs SPTI
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF
Holdings overlap
78 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEI and SPTI would leave roughly 66.3% 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
State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF
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Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
SPTI 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 SPTI.
Top shared holdings
78 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEI | In SPTI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 2.28% | 1.74% | 1.74% |
| 2 | United States of America | 2.08% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 3 | United States of America | 1.93% | 1.61% | 1.61% |
| 4 | United States of America | 2.26% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 5 | United States of America | 1.75% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 6 | United States of America | 2.11% | 1.46% | 1.46% |
| 7 | United States of America | 2.05% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 8 | United States of America | 2.09% | 1.44% | 1.44% |
| 9 | United States of America | 1.82% | 1.44% | 1.44% |
| 10 | United States of America | 1.39% | 1.29% | 1.29% |
| 11 | United States of America | 1.26% | 1.20% | 1.20% |
| 12 | United States of America | 1.41% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
Only in IEI
5 total- United States of America 1.80%
- United States of America 1.49%
- United States of America 1.48%
- United States of America 0.74%
- United States of America 0.47%
Only in SPTI
25 total- United States Treasury 1.97%
- United States Treasury 1.94%
- United States Treasury 1.93%
- United States Treasury 1.91%
- United States Treasury 1.88%
- United States Treasury 1.86%
- United States Treasury 1.83%
- United States Treasury 1.80%
- United States Treasury 1.78%
- United States Treasury 1.72%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IEI
- IEI vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 65.8%
- IEI vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 31.3%
- IEI vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.7%
- IEI vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 15.4%
- IEI vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 14.6%
- IEI vs IEF · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF 1.0%
More comparisons with SPTI
- SPTI vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 40.0%
- SPTI vs IEF · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF 23.1%
- SPTI vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 20.2%
- SPTI vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 19.9%
- SPTI vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 19.6%
- SPTI vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 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.