ETF comparison
BSV vs SHY
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
87 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and SHY would leave roughly 39.9% 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
BSV is 12 bps cheaper than SHY. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for SHY.
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 BSV vs SHY.
Top shared holdings
87 shared in total| # | Holding | In BSV | In SHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.12% | 1.71% | 1.12% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.81% | 1.33% | 0.81% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 1.16% | 0.75% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.82% | 0.75% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.89% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.72% | 1.30% | 0.72% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.71% | 1.47% | 0.71% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.68% | 0.71% | 0.68% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.67% | 1.34% | 0.67% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.62% | 1.51% | 0.62% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.57% | 1.48% | 0.57% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.56% | 1.39% | 0.56% |
Only in BSV
3,098 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.88%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.79%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.77%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.77%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.74%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.70%
Only in SHY
3 total- United States of America 1.00%
- United States of America 0.79%
- United States of America 0.76%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BSV
- BSV vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 37.6%
- BSV vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 36.9%
- BSV vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF 34.9%
- BSV vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 34.9%
- BSV vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 33.9%
- BSV vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 30.2%
More comparisons with SHY
- SHY vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 27.7%
- SHY vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 27.6%
- SHY vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 16.5%
- SHY vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.7%
- SHY vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.5%
- SHY vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.5%
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/.
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