ETF comparison
GVI vs VCRB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · Vanguard Core Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
833 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and VCRB would leave roughly 11.1% 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
VCRB is 10 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/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 VCRB.
Top shared holdings
833 shared in total| # | Holding | In GVI | In VCRB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.72% | 0.55% | 0.55% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.66% | 0.52% | 0.52% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.68% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.47% | 1.02% | 0.47% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.51% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.69% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 0.54% | 0.38% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.65% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.34% | 0.49% | 0.34% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.28% | 0.49% | 0.28% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.25% | 0.27% | 0.25% |
Only in GVI
5,399 total- United States Treasury 0.74%
- United States Treasury 0.74%
- United States Treasury 0.73%
- United States Treasury 0.73%
- United States Treasury 0.71%
- United States Treasury 0.69%
- United States Treasury 0.64%
- United States Treasury 0.62%
- United States Treasury 0.60%
- United States Treasury 0.58%
Only in VCRB
2,581 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.33%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.68%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.60%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
- OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.56%
- Finland Government International Bond 0.54%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.54%
- OBX 2026-INV4 Trust 0.47%
- Canada Government International Bond 0.38%
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- GVI vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 1.6%
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More comparisons with VCRB
- VCRB vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 10.0%
- VCRB vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 8.3%
- VCRB vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 7.7%
- VCRB vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 7.1%
- VCRB vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 6.5%
- VCRB vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 6.3%
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/.
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.