ETF comparison
GBIL vs GOVT
US Treasury (Short) vs US Treasury (Intermediate).
Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GBIL and GOVT would leave roughly 0.7% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
GOVT is 7 bps cheaper than GBIL. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for GBIL.
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 GBIL vs GOVT.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In GBIL | In GOVT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT | 3.42% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 2 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT | 2.42% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 3 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT | 3.93% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in GBIL
36 total- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 7.21%
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 7.16%
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 6.81%
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 6.58%
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 6.54%
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 4.19%
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 3.84%
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 3.63%
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 3.63%
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 3.29%
Only in GOVT
211 total- United States of America 5.28%
- United States of America 2.95%
- United States of America 2.63%
- United States of America 2.08%
- United States of America 1.62%
- United States of America 1.48%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.46%
- United States of America 1.38%
- United States of America 1.37%
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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.