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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VO returned +12.0%, so VO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or VO?

GOVT charges 0.05% a year and VO charges 0.03%, so VO 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 VO: how they differ

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and VO 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 VO
US TREASURY N/B 0.60%	Vertiv Holdings Co 1.23%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.55%	Western Digital Corp 1.07%
TREASURY BOND (OLD) 0.42%	Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.05%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.25%	Quanta Services Inc 1.05%
TREASURY BOND (OTR) 0.16%	Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.04%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.11%	Cummins Inc 0.95%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.11%	Datadog Inc 0.84%
TREASURY BOND (2OLD) 0.08%	Bloom Energy Corp 0.79%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

GOVT and VO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	VO Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Treasury Bond	Mid-Cap
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+12.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	−5.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.03%
Holdings	216	282

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.

VO in plain words

VO is an index equity fund tracking the Mid-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or VO?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VO returned +12.0%, so VO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or VO?: GOVT charges 0.05% a year and VO charges 0.03%, so VO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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