Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
BSV vs IVV: how they differ
BSV and IVV hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IVV returned more over the year.
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BSV and IVV hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in BSV | Only in IVV |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13% | NVIDIA Corp. 7.52% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90% | Apple, Inc. 6.59% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89% | Microsoft Corp. 4.30% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82% | Amazon.com, Inc. 3.62% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81% | Alphabet, Inc. 3.25% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81% | Broadcom, Inc. 2.77% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80% | Alphabet, Inc. 2.59% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78% | Micron Technology, Inc. 2.02% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.
| BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund | IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Vanguard | iShares |
| What it is | Short-Term Bond | S&P 500 |
| Total return, 1 year | +1.1% | +17.6% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −16.4 pts | +0.1 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| Holdings | 3185 | 504 |
BSV in plain words
BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.
IVV in plain words
IVV is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, BSV or IVV?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and IVV returned +17.6%, so IVV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, BSV or IVV?
- BSV charges 0.03% a year and IVV charges 0.03%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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