ETF comparison
BND vs SHV
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares 0–1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BND and SHV would leave roughly 0.1% 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
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Cost difference
BND is 12 bps cheaper than SHV. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for SHV.
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 BND vs SHV.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In BND | In SHV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.15% | 1.43% | 0.15% |
Only in BND
17,395 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.47%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%
Only in SHV
61 total- United States of America 4.95%
- United States of America 4.53%
- United States of America 3.86%
- United States of America 3.60%
- United States of America 3.56%
- United States of America 3.55%
- United States of America 3.37%
- United States of America 3.33%
- United States of America 3.29%
- United States of America 3.23%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.