ETF comparison
GBIL vs VGSH
Both US Treasury (Short).
Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GBIL and VGSH would leave roughly 1.2% 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
VGSH is 9 bps cheaper than GBIL. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/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 VGSH.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In GBIL | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT | 3.42% | 1.19% | 1.19% |
Only in GBIL
38 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 3.93%
- 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%
Only in VGSH
90 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.44%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.38%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.36%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.32%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
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- GBIL vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.8%
- GBIL vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.7%
- GBIL vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.2%
- GBIL vs BIL · State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.7%
- VGSH vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 0.6%
- VGSH vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 0.5%
- VGSH vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 0.4%
- VGSH vs VTC · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares 0.2%
- VGSH vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open GBIL or VGSH at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
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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.