ETF comparison
GOVT vs IEF
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
20 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and IEF would leave roughly 9.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
GOVT is 10 bps cheaper than IEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for IEF.
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 GOVT vs IEF.
Top shared holdings
20 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In IEF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.99% | 8.78% | 0.99% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.93% | 7.55% | 0.93% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.85% | 4.58% | 0.85% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.84% | 8.84% | 0.84% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.82% | 8.73% | 0.82% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.81% | 8.73% | 0.81% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.78% | 8.64% | 0.78% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.76% | 6.39% | 0.76% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.62% | 8.23% | 0.62% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.61% | 8.55% | 0.61% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.49% | 1.48% | 0.49% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.48% | 7.24% | 0.48% |
Only in GOVT
204 total- United States of America 5.25%
- United States of America 2.92%
- United States of America 2.60%
- United States of America 2.06%
- United States of America 1.59%
- United States of America 1.55%
- United States of America 1.51%
- United States of America 1.49%
- United States of America 1.39%
- United States of America 1.37%
Only in IEF
0 totalEvery IEF position is also held by GOVT.
Open GOVT or IEF 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.