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GVI vs VUSB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
4.8 %

488 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and VUSB would leave roughly 4.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GVI only 94.8% Shared 4.8% VUSB only 94.1%
In GVI only
5,664 positions
Shared
488 positions
In VUSB only
794 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%
VUSB

Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$8.94B
TTM yield
4.35%
Top-10 conc.
7.9%

Sub-score comparison

80
Cost
90
53
Tax efficiency
52
82
Liquidity
98
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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GVI sub-score VUSB

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

Cost difference

VUSB 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 VUSB.

Top shared holdings

488 shared in total
# Holding In GVI In VUSB Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.48% 0.57% 0.48%
2 United States Treasury 0.47% 0.82% 0.47%
3 United States Treasury 0.34% 0.49% 0.34%
4 United States Treasury 0.30% 0.35% 0.30%
5 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.03% 0.21% 0.03%
6 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.03% 0.32% 0.03%
7 T-MOBILE USA INC 0.02% 0.23% 0.02%
8 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.02% 0.10% 0.02%
9 AMGEN INC 0.02% 0.18% 0.02%
10 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.02% 0.13% 0.02%
11 CIGNA GROUP/THE 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
12 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.02% 0.27% 0.02%

Only in GVI

5,664 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 VUSB

794 total
  • United States Treasury Bill 3.18%
  • UBS Group AG 0.45%
  • Bank of Montreal 0.44%
  • National Bank of Canada 0.41%
  • Toyota Motor Credit Corp 0.41%
  • NTT Finance Corp 0.38%
  • Mercedes-Benz Finance North America LLC 0.38%
  • American Honda Finance Corp 0.37%
  • Athene Global Funding 0.36%
  • UBS Group AG 0.34%

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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.