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FLOT vs VUSB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
8.9 %

76 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FLOT and VUSB would leave roughly 8.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FLOT only 91.9% Shared 8.9% VUSB only 90.1%
In FLOT only
454 positions
Shared
76 positions
In VUSB only
1,206 positions

Side by side

FLOT

iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$9.97B
TTM yield
4.47%
Top-10 conc.
10.1%
VUSB

Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$8.94B
TTM yield
4.35%
Top-10 conc.
7.9%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
90
52
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
98
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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FLOT sub-score VUSB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VUSB is 5 bps cheaper than FLOT. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for FLOT.

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 VUSB.

Top shared holdings

76 shared in total
# Holding In FLOT In VUSB Overlap
1 AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE 0.29% 0.37% 0.29%
2 UBS GROUP AG 0.25% 0.34% 0.25%
3 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.28% 0.25% 0.25%
4 AMAZON.COM INC 0.22% 0.21% 0.21%
5 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.20% 0.26% 0.20%
6 HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK 0.20% 0.30% 0.20%
7 SUMITOMO MITSUI TR BK LT 0.22% 0.20% 0.20%
8 LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC 0.25% 0.20% 0.20%
9 BMW US CAPITAL LLC 0.23% 0.20% 0.20%
10 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.19% 0.24% 0.19%
11 MORGAN STANLEY BANK NA 0.18% 0.21% 0.18%
12 TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP 0.18% 0.41% 0.18%

Only in FLOT

454 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 VUSB

1,206 total
  • United States Treasury Bill 3.18%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.57%
  • US Bancorp 0.55%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
  • Truist Bank 0.48%
  • Tyson Foods Inc 0.46%
  • National Bank of Canada 0.41%
  • NTT Finance Corp 0.38%
  • Mercedes-Benz Finance North America LLC 0.38%

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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.