ETF comparison
VGIT vs VGSH
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Short).
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGIT and VGSH would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Vanguard · US Treasury (Intermediate)
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
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 VGIT vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in VGIT
103 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%
Only in VGSH
91 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.29%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
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More comparisons with VGIT
- VGIT vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGIT vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 93.4%
- VGIT vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF 90.2%
- VGIT vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 69.3%
- VGIT vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 40.6%
- VGIT vs IEF · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF 23.2%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGSH vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGSH vs VTEB · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGSH vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGSH vs VWOB · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGSH vs ZROZ · PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open VGIT or VGSH at a brokerage
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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.