ETF comparison
GOVT vs IEI
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
65 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and IEI would leave roughly 32.7% 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 IEI. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for IEI.
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 IEI.
Top shared holdings
65 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In IEI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 2.92% | 3.05% | 2.92% |
| 2 | United States of America | 5.25% | 2.26% | 2.26% |
| 3 | United States of America | 1.07% | 2.91% | 1.07% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.94% | 2.28% | 0.94% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.82% | 2.05% | 0.82% |
| 6 | United States of America | 0.78% | 1.10% | 0.78% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.77% | 0.93% | 0.77% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.76% | 2.08% | 0.76% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.69% | 1.04% | 0.69% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.64% | 1.59% | 0.64% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.61% | 0.98% | 0.61% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.59% | 1.81% | 0.59% |
Only in GOVT
159 total- 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%
- United States of America 1.34%
- United States of America 1.01%
Only in IEI
21 total- United States of America 1.64%
- United States of America 1.34%
- United States of America 1.26%
- United States of America 1.14%
- United States of America 1.13%
- United States of America 1.03%
- United States of America 0.98%
- United States of America 0.94%
- United States of America 0.93%
- United States of America 0.93%
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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.