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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and HDV returned +22.5%, so HDV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or HDV?

GOVT charges 0.05% a year and HDV charges 0.08%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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GOVT vs HDV: how they differ

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and iShares Core High Dividend ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and HDV 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 HDV
US TREASURY N/B 0.60%	EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 8.28%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.55%	CHEVRON 6.55%
TREASURY BOND (OLD) 0.42%	ABBVIE 6.19%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.25%	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 5.82%
TREASURY BOND (OTR) 0.16%	PFIZER 4.66%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.11%	PROCTER & GAMBLE 4.42%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.11%	MERCK & CO INC 4.38%
TREASURY BOND (2OLD) 0.08%	PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 4.37%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

GOVT and HDV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	U.S. Treasury Bond	Core High Dividend
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+22.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	+5.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.08%
Holdings	216	78

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.

HDV in plain words

HDV is an index equity fund tracking the Core High Dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 78 positions, with the top ten at 52.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or HDV?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and HDV returned +22.5%, so HDV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or HDV?: GOVT charges 0.05% a year and HDV charges 0.08%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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GOVT against HDV, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 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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