ETF comparison
IEF vs VGIT
Both US Treasury (Intermediate).
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
14 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEF and VGIT would leave roughly 23.7% 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
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGIT 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 VGIT.
Top shared holdings
14 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEF | In VGIT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 8.31% | 1.92% | 1.92% |
| 2 | United States of America | 8.74% | 1.92% | 1.92% |
| 3 | United States of America | 8.63% | 1.87% | 1.87% |
| 4 | United States of America | 6.73% | 1.87% | 1.87% |
| 5 | United States of America | 7.93% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 6 | United States of America | 8.12% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 7 | United States of America | 8.21% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 8 | United States of America | 9.31% | 1.82% | 1.82% |
| 9 | United States of America | 8.25% | 1.82% | 1.82% |
| 10 | United States of America | 7.87% | 1.81% | 1.81% |
| 11 | United States of America | 8.52% | 1.79% | 1.79% |
| 12 | United States of America | 3.75% | 1.64% | 1.64% |
Only in IEF
1 total- United States of America 0.25%
Only in VGIT
89 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.69%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.62%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.53%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.53%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.50%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.49%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.46%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.45%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.44%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.43%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with IEF
- IEF vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury Index ETF 22.3%
- IEF vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 22.0%
- IEF vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 9.1%
- IEF vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.9%
- IEF vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 4.6%
- IEF vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 4.6%
More comparisons with VGIT
- VGIT vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 20.8%
- VGIT vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 19.9%
- VGIT vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 19.2%
- VGIT vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGIT vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- VGIT vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
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.