Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (Bloomberg US Treasury 3-10 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.
Daily bar history for this pair isn’t loaded yet — returns will appear once the nightly ingest covers both funds.
| VGIT | GOVT | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares | iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF |
| Category | Intermediate Government | Intermediate Government |
| Style | Passive | Passive |
| Expense ratio | 3% | 0.05% |
| Assets (AUM) | $50.8B | $43.6B |
| Dividend yield | 3.89% | 3.63% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 4.1M | 10.2M |
| Inception | November 19, 2009 | February 14, 2012 |
| Benchmark proxy | S&P 500 | Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond |
GOVT costs 2.95 pp less per year — about $295.00 per $10,000 invested.
Expense ratios verified against issuer fact sheets. Dividend yield is trailing 12-month distributions divided by price, as reported by the fund data provider.
The provider doesn't break out holdings for VGIT — overlap can't be computed.