ETF comparison
FLOT vs PULS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
52 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FLOT and PULS would leave roughly 6.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 (0.15% vs 0.15%).
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 FLOT vs PULS.
Top shared holdings
52 shared in total| # | Holding | In FLOT | In PULS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HYUNDAI CAPITAL AMERICA | 0.30% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 2 | AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE | 0.29% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 3 | AUST & NZ BANKING GROUP | 0.34% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 4 | NEW YORK LIFE GLOBAL FDG | 0.23% | 0.39% | 0.23% |
| 5 | MORGAN STANLEY BANK NA | 0.35% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 6 | COREBRIDGE GLOB FUNDING | 0.25% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 7 | BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | 0.22% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 8 | KEURIG DR PEPPER INC | 0.17% | 0.18% | 0.17% |
| 9 | PROTECTIVE LIFE GLOBAL | 0.17% | 0.35% | 0.17% |
| 10 | AMERICAN EXPRESS CO | 0.16% | 0.17% | 0.16% |
| 11 | COOPERAT RABOBANK UA/NY | 0.19% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | GENERAL MOTORS FINL CO | 0.15% | 0.21% | 0.15% |
Only in FLOT
478 total- BlackRock Funds III 1.75%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 1.14%
- EUROPEAN BK RECON & DEV 1.10%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.99%
- EUROPEAN BK RECON & DEV 0.93%
- INTL FINANCE CORP 0.90%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.86%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.85%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.80%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.80%
Only in PULS
547 total- PGIM ETF Trust 1.63%
- SUNCOR ENERGY INC 0.75%
- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.72%
- INTESA SANPAOLO SPA NEW YORK BRANCH 0.72%
- Essential Utilities Inc 0.71%
- ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 0.66%
- BX TRUST 2022-LBA6 0.59%
- CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK INC 0.56%
- Intuit Inc 0.53%
- BX Trust 2018-Bilt 0.50%
Open FLOT or PULS 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/.
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