ETF comparison
IEI vs VGIT
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
83 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEI and VGIT would leave roughly 69.3% 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
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGIT 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 VGIT.
Top shared holdings
83 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEI | In VGIT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 2.28% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.75% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 3 | United States of America | 1.93% | 1.58% | 1.58% |
| 4 | United States of America | 2.26% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 5 | United States of America | 2.09% | 1.53% | 1.53% |
| 6 | United States of America | 2.11% | 1.52% | 1.52% |
| 7 | United States of America | 2.09% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
| 8 | United States of America | 2.05% | 1.47% | 1.47% |
| 9 | United States of America | 2.08% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 10 | United States of America | 1.82% | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 11 | United States of America | 1.92% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 12 | United States of America | 1.29% | 1.14% | 1.14% |
Only in IEI
0 totalEvery IEI position is also held by VGIT.
Only in VGIT
20 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.94%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.90%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.87%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.87%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.84%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.83%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.81%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IEI
- IEI vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF 66.3%
- 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%
More comparisons with VGIT
- VGIT vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 40.6%
- VGIT vs IEF · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF 23.2%
- VGIT vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 20.8%
- VGIT vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 20.8%
- VGIT vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 19.8%
- VGIT 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.