ETF comparison
NEAR vs VGSH
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
9 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NEAR and VGSH would leave roughly 6.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGSH 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 VGSH.
Top shared holdings
9 shared in total| # | Holding | In NEAR | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 4.25% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 3.73% | 1.12% | 1.12% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 1.47% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 1.60% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.78% | 1.22% | 0.78% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 14.14% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.43% | 1.18% | 0.43% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 1.29% | 0.35% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.27% | 0.98% | 0.27% |
Only in NEAR
1,572 total- United States Treasury 3.20%
- BlackRock Funds III 2.74%
- United States Treasury 1.04%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.48%
- APPLOVIN CORP 0.47%
- PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC 0.45%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.41%
- Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 0.37%
- EQT CORP 0.36%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.33%
Only in VGSH
86 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.22%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.28%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.28%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.27%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.27%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.27%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
Open NEAR or VGSH 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/.
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.