ETF comparison
BIV vs GVI
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
2,275 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIV and GVI would leave roughly 30.9% 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
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BIV is 17 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for GVI.
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 BIV vs GVI.
Top shared holdings
2,275 shared in total| # | Holding | In BIV | In GVI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.14% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.04% | 0.74% | 0.74% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.08% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.04% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.79% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.94% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.02% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.14% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.13% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.08% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.84% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 2.10% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
Only in BIV
80 total- Honeywell Aerospace Inc 0.06%
- Mizuho Financial Group Inc 0.04%
- State of California 0.04%
- Honeywell Aerospace Inc 0.04%
- Broadcom Inc 0.04%
- European Investment Bank 0.04%
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation 0.03%
- Federal Home Loan Banks 0.03%
- GE Capital International Funding Co Unlimited Co 0.03%
- BlackRock Funding Inc 0.03%
Only in GVI
3,957 total- United States Treasury 0.65%
- United States Treasury 0.64%
- United States Treasury 0.62%
- United States Treasury 0.60%
- United States Treasury 0.57%
- United States Treasury 0.55%
- United States Treasury 0.54%
- United States Treasury 0.54%
- United States Treasury 0.53%
- United States Treasury 0.53%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BIV
- BIV vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 22.0%
- BIV vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 20.9%
- BIV vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 19.0%
- BIV vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 18.4%
- BIV vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 17.5%
- BIV vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 17.0%
More comparisons with GVI
- GVI vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 28.1%
- GVI vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 27.7%
- GVI vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 23.9%
- GVI vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 19.2%
- GVI vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 16.3%
- GVI vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 11.1%
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/.
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