ETF comparison
BSV vs GVI
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
2,958 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and GVI would leave roughly 57.3% 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
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BSV 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 BSV vs GVI.
Top shared holdings
2,958 shared in total| # | Holding | In BSV | In GVI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.88% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.12% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.55% | 0.69% | 0.55% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.70% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.56% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.55% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.70% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.70% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.55% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.56% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.77% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.89% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
Only in BSV
227 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.57%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.51%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.38%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.30%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.29%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.11%
Only in GVI
3,274 total- United States Treasury 0.74%
- United States Treasury 0.74%
- United States Treasury 0.73%
- United States Treasury 0.73%
- United States Treasury 0.72%
- United States Treasury 0.72%
- United States Treasury 0.71%
- United States Treasury 0.69%
- United States Treasury 0.68%
- United States Treasury 0.66%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BSV
- BSV vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 41.1%
- BSV vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 39.9%
- BSV vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 37.6%
- BSV vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 36.9%
- BSV vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF 34.9%
- BSV vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 34.9%
More comparisons with GVI
- GVI vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 54.4%
- GVI vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 52.9%
- GVI vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 51.0%
- GVI vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF 49.7%
- GVI vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 46.6%
- GVI vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 43.5%
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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