ETF comparison
AGG vs VGSH
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
91 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and VGSH would leave roughly 15.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AGG vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
91 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 1.36% | 0.38% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.36% | 1.21% | 0.36% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.33% | 1.16% | 0.33% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.30% | 2.04% | 0.30% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.30% | 1.12% | 0.30% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.28% | 1.22% | 0.28% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.26% | 1.27% | 0.26% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.25% | 0.87% | 0.25% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.25% | 1.06% | 0.25% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.24% | 1.06% | 0.24% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.24% | 1.44% | 0.24% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.23% | 1.03% | 0.23% |
Only in AGG
13,291 total- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
Only in VGSH
0 totalEvery VGSH position is also held by AGG.
Related comparisons
More comparisons with AGG
- AGG vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.7%
- AGG vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.7%
- AGG vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 15.5%
- AGG vs SPTS · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury Index ETF 15.4%
- AGG vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 15.3%
- AGG vs SPIB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond Index ETF 14.8%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.5%
- VGSH vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF 15.5%
- VGSH vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 14.1%
- VGSH vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 8.1%
- VGSH vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 5.8%
- VGSH vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 4.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open AGG or VGSH at a brokerage
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.