Which returned more over the last year, EDV or GOVT?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and GOVT returned −1.0%, so GOVT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, EDV or GOVT?

EDV charges 0.05% a year and GOVT charges 0.05%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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EDV vs GOVT: how they differ

EDV and GOVT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and GOVT returned more over the year.

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund and iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDV and GOVT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in EDV	Only in GOVT
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.82%	United States of America 5.31%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.76%	United States of America 2.96%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.72%	United States of America 2.63%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%	United States of America 2.09%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.68%	United States of America 1.61%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.65%	United States of America 1.57%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.60%	United States of America 1.53%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.57%	United States of America 1.51%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

EDV and GOVT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Extended Duration Treasury	U.S. Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year	−10.8%	−1.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−28.3 pts	−18.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.05%
Holdings	82	223

EDV in plain words

EDV is a bond fund tracking the Extended Duration Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −10.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 57.3% below its high of Mar 9, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

GOVT in plain words

GOVT is a bond fund tracking the U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 8.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EDV or GOVT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and GOVT returned −1.0%, so GOVT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, EDV or GOVT?: EDV charges 0.05% a year and GOVT charges 0.05%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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