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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VOO returned +17.6%, so VOO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or VOO?

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

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and Vanguard 500 Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and VOO 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 VOO
US TREASURY N/B 0.60%	NVIDIA Corp 7.53%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.55%	Apple Inc 6.61%
TREASURY BOND (OLD) 0.42%	Microsoft Corp 4.31%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.25%	Amazon.com Inc 3.63%
TREASURY BOND (OTR) 0.16%	Alphabet Inc 3.26%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.11%	Broadcom Inc 2.78%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.11%	Alphabet Inc 2.60%
TREASURY BOND (2OLD) 0.08%	Micron Technology Inc 2.02%

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 VOO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Treasury Bond	S&P 500
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.03%
Holdings	216	506

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.

VOO in plain words

VOO is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% 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, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 36.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or VOO?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VOO returned +17.6%, so VOO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or VOO?: GOVT charges 0.05% a year and VOO charges 0.03%, so VOO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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