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GOVT vs IGBH

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF vs iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

Annual cost

0.05%

Fund size

$41.9B

IGBH

iShares Interest Rate Hedged Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Annual cost

0.14%

Fund size

$189M

Key differences

Both GOVT and IGBH are fixed income ETFs. GOVT charges 0.05% a year and IGBH 0.14%. The main difference: GOVT costs 0.09% less per year.

  • GOVT costs 0.09% less per year.
  • GOVT is much larger than IGBH. Larger funds are usually more liquid and less likely to close.
  • Over the last three years, IGBH has delivered higher annualized returns.

Side-by-side comparison

GOVTIGBH
Annual cost (TER)0.05%0.14%
Fund size (AUM)$41.9B$189M
Since20122015
Dividend yield3.56%5.75%
Asset classfixed incomefixed income
Regionnorth americanorth america
Strategyindex trackingindex tracking
CAGR 1Y+3.7%+9.0%
CAGR 3Y+3.0%+9.1%
CAGR 5Y-0.4%+5.5%
Sharpe 3Y-0.081.07
Volatility 1Y3.62%4.04%
Max drawdown-19.07%-33.67%

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