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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VYMI returned +28.2%, so VYMI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or VYMI?

GOVT charges 0.05% a year and VYMI charges 0.07%, so GOVT 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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GOVT vs VYMI: how they differ

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and VYMI 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 GOVT	Only in VYMI
United States of America 5.31%	HSBC Holdings PLC 1.73%
United States of America 2.96%	Novartis AG 1.56%
United States of America 2.63%	Nestle SA 1.44%
United States of America 2.09%	Shell PLC 1.43%
United States of America 1.61%	Royal Bank of Canada 1.38%
United States of America 1.57%	Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.15%
United States of America 1.53%	Toyota Motor Corp 1.12%
United States of America 1.51%	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.08%

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 VYMI on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	VYMI Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Treasury Bond	International High Dividend Yield
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+28.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	+10.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.07%
Holdings	223	1582

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.

VYMI in plain words

VYMI is an index equity fund tracking the International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +28.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1582 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or VYMI?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VYMI returned +28.2%, so VYMI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or VYMI?: GOVT charges 0.05% a year and VYMI charges 0.07%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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