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GVI vs VGSH

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
27.0 %

90 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and VGSH would leave roughly 27.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GVI only 72.6% Shared 27.0% VGSH only 72.1%
In GVI only
6,062 positions
Shared
90 positions
In VGSH only
5 positions

Side by side

GVI

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

78 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$3.75B
TTM yield
3.63%
Top-10 conc.
7.6%
VGSH

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Short)

90 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$33.83B
TTM yield
3.85%
Top-10 conc.
13.8%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
97
53
Tax efficiency
58
82
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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GVI sub-score VGSH

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

Cost difference

VGSH 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 VGSH.

Top shared holdings

90 shared in total
# Holding In GVI In VGSH Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.66% 1.01% 0.66%
2 United States Treasury 0.60% 1.08% 0.60%
3 United States Treasury 0.58% 1.09% 0.58%
4 United States Treasury 0.52% 1.20% 0.52%
5 United States Treasury 0.49% 1.01% 0.49%
6 United States Treasury 0.48% 1.09% 0.48%
7 United States Treasury 0.48% 1.04% 0.48%
8 United States Treasury 0.48% 1.16% 0.48%
9 United States Treasury 0.47% 2.22% 0.47%
10 United States Treasury 0.47% 1.35% 0.47%
11 United States Treasury 0.47% 0.95% 0.47%
12 United States Treasury 0.46% 1.13% 0.46%

Only in GVI

6,062 total
  • United States Treasury 0.79%
  • United States Treasury 0.78%
  • United States Treasury 0.77%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.76%
  • United States Treasury 0.75%
  • United States Treasury 0.74%
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.74%
  • United States Treasury 0.73%

Only in VGSH

5 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.74%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.00%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.00%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.00%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.00%

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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.