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ETF comparison

SGOV vs VBIL

Both US Treasury (Short).

iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
19.6 %

9 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SGOV and VBIL would leave roughly 19.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SGOV unmatched 86.5% Shared 19.6% VBIL unmatched 80.4%

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.

In SGOV only
13 positions
Shared
9 positions
In VBIL only
17 positions

Side by side

SGOV

iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Short)

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$116.84B
TTM yield
3.30%
Top-10 conc.
68.4%
VBIL

Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF

Vanguard · US Treasury (Short)

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$14.29B
TTM yield
3.19%
Top-10 conc.
54.3%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
94
59
Tax efficiency
59
100
Liquidity
100
N/A
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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SGOV sub-score VBIL

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

Cost difference

VBIL is 3 bps cheaper than SGOV. On a $100,000 position that's about $30/yr more in fees for SGOV.

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 VBIL.

Top shared holdings

9 shared in total
# Holding In SGOV In VBIL Overlap
1 United States of America 3.80% 3.66% 3.66%
2 United States of America 4.35% 3.63% 3.63%
3 United States of America 3.52% 4.71% 3.52%
4 United States of America 1.78% 3.64% 1.78%
5 United States of America 6.04% 1.46% 1.46%
6 United States of America 1.50% 1.44% 1.44%
7 United States of America 6.82% 1.42% 1.42%
8 United States of America 8.59% 1.40% 1.40%
9 United States of America 6.63% 1.27% 1.27%

Only in SGOV

13 total
  • United States of America 10.18%
  • United States of America 8.51%
  • United States of America 6.76%
  • United States of America 5.18%
  • United States of America 5.01%
  • United States of America 4.71%
  • United States of America 4.41%
  • United States of America 4.17%
  • United States of America 4.13%
  • United States of America 3.67%

Only in VBIL

17 total
  • United States Treasury Bill 6.78%
  • United States Treasury Bill 6.10%
  • United States Treasury Bill 5.61%
  • United States Treasury Bill 5.41%
  • United States Treasury Bill 5.18%
  • United States Treasury Bill 5.17%
  • United States Treasury Bill 5.15%
  • United States Treasury Bill 5.12%
  • United States Treasury Bill 5.02%
  • United States Treasury Bill 4.72%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open SGOV or VBIL 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.