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
18 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEF and VGIT would leave roughly 22.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Vanguard · US Treasury (Intermediate)
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
18 shared in total| # | Holding | In IEF | In VGIT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 8.84% | 1.98% | 1.98% |
| 2 | United States of America | 8.77% | 1.96% | 1.96% |
| 3 | United States of America | 8.78% | 1.93% | 1.93% |
| 4 | United States of America | 8.64% | 1.91% | 1.91% |
| 5 | United States of America | 8.73% | 1.91% | 1.91% |
| 6 | United States of America | 8.23% | 1.91% | 1.91% |
| 7 | United States of America | 8.73% | 1.89% | 1.89% |
| 8 | United States of America | 7.55% | 1.89% | 1.89% |
| 9 | United States of America | 8.55% | 1.84% | 1.84% |
| 10 | United States of America | 7.24% | 1.73% | 1.73% |
| 11 | United States of America | 6.39% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
| 12 | United States of America | 4.58% | 1.52% | 1.52% |
Only in IEF
2 total- United States of America 1.48%
- BlackRock Funds III 0.01%
Only in VGIT
84 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.66%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.65%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.58%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.57%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.51%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.49%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.48%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.47%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
Open IEF or VGIT 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.