ETF comparison
SGOV vs SHV
Both US Treasury (Short).
iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF · iShares 0–1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SGOV and SHV would leave roughly 44.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SGOV is 6 bps cheaper than SHV. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/yr more in fees for SHV.
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 SGOV vs SHV.
Top shared holdings
23 shared in total| # | Holding | In SGOV | In SHV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 8.60% | 4.86% | 4.86% |
| 2 | United States of America | 9.15% | 4.49% | 4.49% |
| 3 | United States of America | 10.91% | 4.18% | 4.18% |
| 4 | United States of America | 6.48% | 4.07% | 4.07% |
| 5 | United States of America | 8.60% | 3.99% | 3.99% |
| 6 | United States of America | 4.01% | 3.29% | 3.29% |
| 7 | United States of America | 9.88% | 3.16% | 3.16% |
| 8 | United States of America | 4.00% | 3.06% | 3.06% |
| 9 | United States of America | 6.37% | 2.94% | 2.94% |
| 10 | United States of America | 6.67% | 2.71% | 2.71% |
| 11 | United States of America | 5.43% | 2.26% | 2.26% |
| 12 | United States of America | 5.37% | 2.20% | 2.20% |
Only in SGOV
0 totalEvery SGOV position is also held by SHV.
Only in SHV
42 total- United States of America 4.42%
- United States of America 3.20%
- United States of America 3.13%
- United States of America 3.08%
- United States of America 2.61%
- United States of America 2.43%
- United States of America 2.43%
- United States of America 2.42%
- United States of America 2.38%
- United States of America 2.23%
Open SGOV or SHV 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.