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

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GOVT vs IALT: how they differ

GOVT and IALT hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and IALT 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 GOVTOnly in IALT
United States of America 5.31%Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 17.26%
United States of America 2.96%PRIME SECSRVC BRW/FINANC 1.29%
United States of America 2.63%PHINIA INC 0.94%
United States of America 2.09%DISH DBS CORP 0.21%
United States of America 1.61%DISH DBS CORP 0.19%
United States of America 1.57%DISH DBS CORP 0.10%
United States of America 1.53%
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.

GOVT and IALT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GOVT
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
IALT
iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isU.S. Treasury BondSystematic Alternatives Active
Total return, 1 year−1.0%+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+12.1%
Gap to the S&P 500−18.5 pts+5.4 pts
Expense ratio0.05%not published
Holdings2238

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. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

IALT in plain words

IALT is an index equity fund tracking the Systematic Alternatives Active. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

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GOVT against IALT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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