ETF comparison
IEF vs SCHR
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
Holdings overlap
19 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEF and SCHR would leave roughly 22.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHR is 12 bps cheaper than IEF. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for IEF.
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 IEF vs SCHR.
Top shared holdings
19 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEF | In SCHR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 8.77% | 1.93% | 1.93% |
| 2 | United States of America | 8.84% | 1.90% | 1.90% |
| 3 | United States of America | 8.64% | 1.88% | 1.88% |
| 4 | United States of America | 8.23% | 1.88% | 1.88% |
| 5 | United States of America | 8.73% | 1.88% | 1.88% |
| 6 | United States of America | 8.78% | 1.85% | 1.85% |
| 7 | United States of America | 8.55% | 1.84% | 1.84% |
| 8 | United States of America | 7.55% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 9 | United States of America | 8.73% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 10 | United States of America | 7.24% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 11 | United States of America | 4.58% | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 12 | United States of America | 6.39% | 1.48% | 1.48% |
Only in IEF
1 total- BlackRock Funds III 0.01%
Only in SCHR
83 total- United States Treasury 2.80%
- United States Treasury 1.66%
- United States Treasury 1.54%
- United States Treasury 1.51%
- United States Treasury 1.51%
- United States Treasury 1.49%
- United States Treasury 1.45%
- United States Treasury 1.45%
- United States Treasury 1.45%
- United States Treasury 1.43%
Open IEF or SCHR at a brokerage
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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.