ETF comparison
ICSH vs PULS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
48 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ICSH and PULS would leave roughly 7.1% 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
ICSH is 7 bps cheaper than PULS. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for PULS.
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 ICSH vs PULS.
Top shared holdings
48 shared in total| # | Holding | In ICSH | In PULS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc | 0.37% | 0.67% | 0.37% |
| 2 | NATWEST MARKETS PLC | 0.39% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 3 | SALESFORCE INC | 0.65% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 4 | PROTECTIVE LIFE GLOBAL | 0.37% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 5 | TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP | 0.68% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 6 | ING BANK NV | 0.52% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 7 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 0.24% | 0.27% | 0.24% |
| 8 | TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP | 0.24% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 9 | CITIBANK NA | 0.23% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 10 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.43% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 11 | NTT FINANCE CORP | 0.19% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 12 | SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA | 0.37% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
Only in ICSH
320 total- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria/New York NY 0.91%
- BPCE SA 0.91%
- Marubeni Finance America LLC 0.77%
- Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY 0.74%
- Svenska Handelsbanken AB 0.72%
- NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL GLBL 0.70%
- MIZUHO BK LTD NEW YORK BRH INS 0.70%
- CDP Financial Inc 0.68%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY 0.67%
- PACIFIC LIFE GF II 0.66%
Only in PULS
687 total- PGIM ETF Trust 1.95%
- Suncor Energy Inc. 0.77%
- INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 0.68%
- 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%
- FEDERATION DES CAISSES DESJARDINS DU QUEBEC 0.44%
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- ICSH vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 0.8%
More comparisons with PULS
- PULS vs PAAA · PGIM AAA CLO ETF 7.1%
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- PULS vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 6.2%
- PULS vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 5.2%
- PULS vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 3.8%
- PULS vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 2.1%
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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