ETF comparison
GVI vs SCHZ
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
5,656 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and SCHZ would leave roughly 51.0% 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
SCHZ is 17 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/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 SCHZ.
Top shared holdings
5,656 shared in total| # | Holding | In GVI | In SCHZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.69% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.66% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.73% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.73% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.74% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.68% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.71% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.72% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.74% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.54% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.60% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.58% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
Only in GVI
576 total- United States Treasury 0.54%
- United States Treasury 0.33%
- United States Treasury 0.31%
- United States Treasury 0.24%
- United States Treasury 0.20%
- United States Treasury 0.08%
- United States Treasury 0.06%
- United States Treasury 0.05%
- FANNIE MAE 0.04%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.03%
Only in SCHZ
6,670 total- United States Treasury 0.28%
- UMBS, TBA 0.26%
- United States Treasury 0.25%
- United States Treasury 0.24%
- United States Treasury 0.21%
- United States Treasury 0.21%
- United States Treasury 0.21%
- United States Treasury 0.21%
- United States Treasury 0.21%
- United States Treasury 0.20%
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More comparisons with GVI
- GVI vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF 49.7%
- GVI vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 46.6%
- GVI vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 43.5%
- GVI vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 42.5%
- GVI vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 30.9%
- GVI vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 28.1%
More comparisons with SCHZ
- SCHZ vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 34.9%
- SCHZ vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 31.2%
- SCHZ vs USIG · iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 22.6%
- SCHZ vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 21.2%
- SCHZ vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 19.6%
- SCHZ vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury Index ETF 19.6%
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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