ETF comparison
BSV vs VGSH
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
88 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and VGSH would leave roughly 41.1% 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
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 BSV vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
88 shared in total| # | Holding | In BSV | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.12% | 2.04% | 1.12% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.89% | 1.06% | 0.89% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.81% | 1.22% | 0.81% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.87% | 0.75% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 1.28% | 0.75% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 1.19% | 0.75% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.72% | 1.38% | 0.72% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.71% | 1.35% | 0.71% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.68% | 1.11% | 0.68% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.67% | 1.06% | 0.67% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.63% | 1.00% | 0.63% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.62% | 1.42% | 0.62% |
Only in BSV
3,097 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 VGSH
3 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.16%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with BSV
- BSV vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 39.9%
- 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%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 28.1%
- VGSH vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 27.9%
- VGSH vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 16.6%
- VGSH vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 16.0%
- VGSH vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.8%
- VGSH vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.8%
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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