iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (ICE US Treasury 7-10 Year) against iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (ICE US Treasury Core) — fees, long-horizon total returns, holdings overlap, and sector tilt, side by side.
| IEF | GOVT | SPREAD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| YTD (cumulative) | -1.87% | — | — |
| 1Y CAGR | -0.40% | — | — |
| 3Y CAGR | +3.09% | — | — |
| 5Y CAGR | -1.81% | — | — |
| 10Y CAGR | +0.43% | — | — |
| Since inception CAGR | +3.50% | — | — |
Total return: dividend- and split-adjusted daily closes (distributions reinvested). Spread is IEF minus GOVT. IEF since-inception measured from first available bar July 30, 2002. Since-inception spans differ — compare that row with care.
| IEF | GOVT | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF |
| Category | Long Government | Intermediate Government |
| Style | Passive | Passive |
| Expense ratio | 0.15% | 0.05% |
| Assets (AUM) | $47.2B | $43.6B |
| Dividend yield | 3.96% | 3.63% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 7.0M | 10.2M |
| Inception | July 22, 2002 | February 14, 2012 |
| Benchmark proxy | ICE 7-10 Year US Treasury | Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond |
GOVT costs 0.1 pp less per year — about $10.00 per $10,000 invested.
The provider doesn't break out holdings for IEF — overlap can't be computed.
Expense ratios verified against issuer fact sheets. Dividend yield is trailing 12-month distributions divided by price, as reported by the fund data provider.