Which returned more over the last year, GVI or IBDV?

In the year to Nov 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GVI returned −0.2% and IBDV +0.3%.

Which is cheaper, GVI or IBDV?

IBDV is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 12, 2026.

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GVI vs IBDV: Differences, Returns & Fees

Return, fees and overlap, side by side.

Return gap

+0.5 pts

1 year to Nov 12, 2026: IBDV ahead, total return

Fee gap

0.10 pts

A year: GVI 0.20%, IBDV 0.10%, per filings dated Feb 23, 2026 and Jun 18, 2026

Overlap

Share of the two books held in common, holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026

Net flow

+$72m / +$74m

GVI / IBDV, Oct 12, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026, daily basis

Risk and return

Jul 2, 2020 to Nov 6, 2026 · 331 weekly returns · each against IUSB

GVI IBDV

Return

Total return edge IBDV +5.0% +5.5%

Annualized edge IBDV (slight) +0.8% +0.8%

Price return edge GVI −11.3% −16.2%

Risk

Volatility edge GVI 3.5% 5.9%

Max drawdown edge GVI −12.2% −21.4%

Downside capture 64.7% 106.2%

Beta 0.64 1.09

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IBDV −0.67 −0.36

Sortino edge IBDV −0.90 −0.48

Treynor −0.036 −0.019

Calmar edge GVI 0.06 0.04

Against the benchmark

Alpha −0.6% a year +0.8% a year

Alpha t-stat −1.39 1.17

Information ratio 0.19 0.32

Tracking error 2.1% 1.9%

Reading

From Jul 2020 to Nov 2026, IBDV returned more: +5.5% to +5.0%. GVI swung less: 3.5% to 5.9%. GVI fell less at its worst: −12.2% to −21.4%.

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Risk and return: GVI vs IBDV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GVI	IBDV	IUSB	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+5.0%	+5.5%		IBDV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+0.8%	+0.8%		IBDV (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−11.3%	−16.2%		GVI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	3.5%	5.9%		GVI	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	2.6%	4.4%		GVI	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−12.2%	−21.4%		GVI	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	62.6%	112.9%	100.0%	IBDV	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	64.7%	106.2%	100.0%	GVI	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.64	1.09	1.00	GVI lower	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.91	0.91	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	−0.67	−0.36		IBDV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	−0.90	−0.48		IBDV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	−0.036	−0.019	−0.027	IBDV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.06	0.04		GVI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IUSB	IUSB	IUSB		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−0.6% a year	+0.8% a year	0.0%	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−1.39	1.17		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−1.4% to +0.2%	−0.6% to +2.3%		Both include zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.19	0.32		IBDV	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	2.1%	1.9%	0.0%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 331 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Pair scorecard

IBDV costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; GVI is 1.1 times larger.

GVI vs IBDV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GVI	IBDV
Return
Measure	GVI	IBDV
Total return, 1 year	−0.2%	+0.3%
Benchmark
Measure	GVI	IBDV
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index	Bloomberg December 2030 Maturity Corporate Index
Cost and size
Measure	GVI	IBDV
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.10%
Net assets	$3.8bn	$3.4bn
Holdings
Measure	GVI	IBDV
Holdings in common	3%

Method

Key numbers

−0.2%

GVI total return, 1 year

+0.3%

IBDV total return, 1 year

0.20%

GVI expense ratio

0.10%

IBDV expense ratio

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, GVI and IBDV hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GVI IBDV

T-Mobile USA Inc, due Apr 15, 2030 0.04% 1.16%

Boeing Co/The, due May 1, 2030 0.03% 0.74%

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, due Jun 15, 2030 0.02% 0.66%

British Telecommunications Ltd, due Dec 15, 2030 0.02% 0.56%

AT&T Inc, due Feb 15, 2030 0.02% 0.50%

Pacific Gas and Electric Co, due Jul 1, 2030 0.02% 0.52%

Meta Platforms Inc, due Nov 15, 2030 0.02% 0.62%

Amgen Inc, due Mar 2, 2030 0.02% 0.49%

Oracle Corp, due Apr 1, 2030 0.02% 0.49%

HCA Inc, due Sep 1, 2030 0.02% 0.42%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The, due Mar 15, 2030 0.01% 0.42%

HSBC Holdings PLC, due Mar 31, 2030 0.01% 0.40%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in GVI

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2034 0.74%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2035 0.74%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2034 0.73%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2035 0.73%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2036 0.72%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2035 0.72%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2034 0.71%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2036 0.69%

Only in IBDV

Smurfit Kappa Treasury ULC, due Jan 15, 2030 0.15%

Diageo Investment Corp, due Aug 15, 2030 0.15%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, due May 26, 2030 0.14%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc, due Apr 15, 2030 0.12%

Capital One NA, due Feb 6, 2030 0.08%

Lincoln National Corp, due Aug 15, 2030 0.07%

First Horizon Bank, due May 1, 2030 0.07%

Jersey Central Power & Light Co, due Jan 15, 2030 0.06%

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Side by side

GVI iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF IBDV iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Corporate ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year −0.2% +0.3%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.0% (IUSB) −1.0% (IUSB)

Gap to its benchmark +0.8 pts vs IUSB +1.3 pts vs IUSB

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.10%

Holdings 6351 735

Net assets $3.8bn $3.4bn

GVI and IBDV on the fields both publish, as of Nov 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

GVI

GVI tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 12, 2026 it returned −0.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.0% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year.

IBDV

IBDV tracks an index. Over the year to Nov 12, 2026 it returned +0.3% with distributions reinvested, against −1.0% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GVI or IBDV?: In the year to Nov 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GVI returned −0.2% and IBDV +0.3%.
Which is cheaper, GVI or IBDV?: IBDV is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

GVI and IBDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GVI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GVI ↗

IBDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IBDV ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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Net assets on Nov 12, 2026: $3.8bn for iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF and $3.4bn for iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Corporate ETF.

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Growth of 100

GVI and IBDV

Total return, distributions reinvested, 1 year.

GVI −0.2%IBDV +0.3%

Nov 12, 2025Nov 12, 2026

GVI −0.2%, IBDV +0.3%: IBDV +0.5 pts ahead, 1 year, Nov 12, 2025 to Nov 12, 2026.