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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and SPYG returned +17.9%, so SPYG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or SPYG?

GOVT charges 0.05% a year and SPYG charges 0.04%, so SPYG 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 SPYG: how they differ

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) Growth ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and SPYG 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 SPYG
US TREASURY N/B 0.60%	NVIDIA CORP 14.85%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.55%	MICROSOFT CORP 10.27%
TREASURY BOND (OLD) 0.42%	APPLE INC 6.73%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.25%	ALPHABET INC CL A 5.47%
TREASURY BOND (OTR) 0.16%	BROADCOM INC 4.80%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.11%	ALPHABET INC CL C 4.38%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.11%	META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.97%
TREASURY BOND (2OLD) 0.08%	AMAZON.COM INC 3.67%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

GOVT and SPYG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	SPYG State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) Growth ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	State Street
What it is	U.S. Treasury Bond	SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+17.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	+0.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.04%
Holdings	216	150

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.

SPYG in plain words

SPYG is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 150 positions, with the top ten at 59.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or SPYG?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and SPYG returned +17.9%, so SPYG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or SPYG?: GOVT charges 0.05% a year and SPYG charges 0.04%, so SPYG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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GOVT against SPYG, 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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