ETF comparison
NEAR vs SPAB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF
Holdings overlap
205 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NEAR and SPAB would leave roughly 3.0% 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
SPAB is 22 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for NEAR.
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 NEAR vs SPAB.
Top shared holdings
205 shared in total| # | Holding | In NEAR | In SPAB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.25% | 0.30% | 0.25% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 2.83% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.70% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 1.30% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 1.42% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 3.76% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 3.32% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.47% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 1.83% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.06% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | T-MOBILE USA INC | 0.13% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in NEAR
1,619 total- United States Treasury 12.04%
- United States Treasury 1.08%
- ECMC Group Student Loan Trust 0.44%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.43%
- VIPER ENERGY PARTNERS LL 0.41%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.38%
- CHENIERE ENERGY PARTNERS 0.37%
- Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 0.33%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.29%
- HCA INC 0.24%
Only in SPAB
8,080 total- United States Treasury 0.79%
- United States Treasury 0.44%
- United States Treasury 0.43%
- United States Treasury 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
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More comparisons with SPAB
- SPAB vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 2.1%
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- SPAB vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 1.3%
- SPAB vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.7%
- SPAB vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.5%
- SPAB vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.3%
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/.
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.