ETF comparison
DFCF vs PULS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and PULS would leave roughly 0.4% 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
PULS is 2 bps cheaper than DFCF. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for DFCF.
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 DFCF vs PULS.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFCF | In PULS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | 0.05% | 0.16% | 0.05% |
| 2 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.04% | 0.11% | 0.04% |
| 3 | Cooperatieve Rabobank UA (New York Branch) | 0.04% | 0.12% | 0.04% |
| 4 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.04% | 0.11% | 0.04% |
| 5 | AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED | 0.03% | 0.18% | 0.03% |
| 6 | PUBLIC STORAGE OPERATING COMPANY | 0.03% | 0.11% | 0.03% |
| 7 | Nordea Bank Abp | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 8 | AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORPORATION | 0.08% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 9 | THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.02% |
| 10 | NATIONAL SECURITIES CLEARING CORPORATION | 0.02% | 0.05% | 0.02% |
| 11 | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB | 0.01% | 0.19% | 0.01% |
| 12 | United States of America | 0.46% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in DFCF
1,749 total- Federal National Mortgage Association 6.19%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 5.34%
- United States of America 4.70%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 4.10%
- United States of America 3.07%
- Government National Mortgage Association 2 3.00%
- United States of America 2.94%
- United States of America 2.93%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 2.85%
- United States of America 2.25%
Only in PULS
714 total- PGIM ETF Trust 1.95%
- Suncor Energy Inc. 0.77%
- INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 0.68%
- Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. 0.67%
- Healthpeak Properties Inc 0.58%
- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.53%
- Essential Utilities Inc 0.52%
- HUDSON YARDS 2025-SPRL MORTGAGE TRUST 0.50%
- ABN AMRO BANK NV 0.50%
- SOFI CONSUMER LOAN PROGRAM 2026-C TRUST 0.49%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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