ETF comparison
IEIvsVGIT
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 roughly69.3%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
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 thecost 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
1 total- BlackRock Funds III0.21%
Only in VGIT
20 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.94%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.92%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.90%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.89%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.89%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.87%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.87%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.84%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.83%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.81%
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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.