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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VOE returned +20.2%, so VOE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or VOE?

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

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

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and VOE 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 VOE
US TREASURY N/B 0.60%	Cummins Inc 1.71%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.55%	Valero Energy Corp 1.34%
TREASURY BOND (OLD) 0.42%	Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.29%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.25%	CRH PLC 1.24%
TREASURY BOND (OTR) 0.16%	United Rentals Inc 1.23%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.11%	General Motors Co 1.21%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.11%	SLB Ltd 1.21%
TREASURY BOND (2OLD) 0.08%	Simon Property Group Inc 1.20%

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 VOE on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	VOE Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Treasury Bond	Mid-Cap Value
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+20.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	+2.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.05%
Holdings	216	170

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.

VOE in plain words

VOE is an index equity fund tracking the Mid-Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 170 positions, with the top ten at 12.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or VOE?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VOE returned +20.2%, so VOE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or VOE?: GOVT charges 0.05% a year and VOE charges 0.05%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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