ETF comparison
GOVT vs SPTS
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Short).
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF
Holdings overlap
58 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GOVT and SPTS would leave roughly 27.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPTS is 2 bps cheaper than GOVT. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for GOVT.
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 SPTS.
Top shared holdings
58 shared in total| # | Holding | In GOVT | In SPTS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 1.59% | 1.29% | 1.29% |
| 2 | United States of America | 2.60% | 1.26% | 1.26% |
| 3 | United States of America | 2.92% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 4 | United States of America | 2.06% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 5 | United States of America | 0.97% | 1.11% | 0.97% |
| 6 | United States of America | 1.34% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
| 7 | United States of America | 0.95% | 1.11% | 0.95% |
| 8 | United States of America | 0.92% | 0.94% | 0.92% |
| 9 | United States of America | 0.97% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 10 | United States of America | 0.88% | 1.05% | 0.88% |
| 11 | United States of America | 0.82% | 1.01% | 0.82% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.66% | 1.03% | 0.66% |
Only in GOVT
166 total- United States of America 5.25%
- 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 1.07%
- United States of America 1.01%
- United States of America 0.99%
- United States of America 0.94%
- United States of America 0.93%
Only in SPTS
39 total- United States Treasury 1.34%
- United States Treasury 1.28%
- United States Treasury 1.27%
- United States Treasury 1.25%
- United States Treasury 1.25%
- United States Treasury 1.25%
- United States Treasury 1.25%
- United States Treasury 1.23%
- United States Treasury 1.23%
- United States Treasury 1.21%
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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.