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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and JAAA returned +4.9%, so JAAA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or JAAA?

GOVT charges 0.05% a year and JAAA charges 0.20%, 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 JAAA: how they differ

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and JAAA 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 JAAA
US TREASURY N/B 0.60%	KKR CLO 35 Ltd. 0.96%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.55%	AB BSL CLO 1 Ltd. 0.88%
TREASURY BOND (OLD) 0.42%	Anchorage Capital CLO 16 Ltd. 0.82%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.25%	Anchorage Capital CLO 17 Ltd. 0.80%
TREASURY BOND (OTR) 0.16%	Carlyle US CLO Ltd. 0.70%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.11%	Carlyle US CLO Ltd. 0.67%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.11%	Regatta XIX Funding Ltd. 0.67%
TREASURY BOND (2OLD) 0.08%	Magnetite XXXII Ltd. 0.67%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

GOVT and JAAA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	JAAA Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Janus Henderson
What it is	U.S. Treasury Bond	Henderson AAA CLO
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+4.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	−12.6 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.20%
Holdings	216	600

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.

JAAA in plain words

JAAA is an index equity fund tracking the Henderson AAA CLO. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% 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 600 positions, with the top ten at 7.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or JAAA?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and JAAA returned +4.9%, so JAAA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or JAAA?: GOVT charges 0.05% a year and JAAA charges 0.20%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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