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GVI vs IUSB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
46.6 %

6,077 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and IUSB would leave roughly 46.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GVI unmatched 52.1% Shared 46.6% IUSB unmatched 51.6%

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.

In GVI only
155 positions
Shared
6,077 positions
In IUSB only
11,967 positions

Side by side

GVI

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.86B
TTM yield
3.43%
Top-10 conc.
7.2%
IUSB

iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$50.20B
TTM yield
3.98%
Top-10 conc.
3.5%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
94
54
Tax efficiency
53
82
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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GVI sub-score IUSB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IUSB is 14 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $140/yr more in fees for GVI.

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 GVI vs IUSB.

Top shared holdings

6,077 shared in total
# Holding In GVI In IUSB Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.39% 0.37% 0.37%
2 United States Treasury 0.72% 0.37% 0.37%
3 United States Treasury 0.74% 0.36% 0.36%
4 United States Treasury 0.66% 0.35% 0.35%
5 United States Treasury 0.73% 0.34% 0.34%
6 United States Treasury 0.68% 0.34% 0.34%
7 United States Treasury 0.73% 0.34% 0.34%
8 United States Treasury 0.74% 0.33% 0.33%
9 United States Treasury 0.69% 0.33% 0.33%
10 United States Treasury 0.71% 0.33% 0.33%
11 United States Treasury 0.50% 0.33% 0.33%
12 United States Treasury 0.72% 0.32% 0.32%

Only in GVI

155 total
  • United States Treasury 0.27%
  • United States Treasury 0.08%
  • United States Treasury 0.06%
  • United States Treasury 0.05%
  • FANNIE MAE 0.05%
  • United States Treasury 0.03%
  • INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.02%
  • ALPHABET INC 0.02%
  • HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 0.02%
  • United States Treasury 0.01%

Only in IUSB

11,967 total
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.41%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.31%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.30%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association 0.26%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.26%
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.22%
  • United States of America 0.20%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.19%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.18%
  • Government National Mortgage Association 0.18%

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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/.

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