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
10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NEAR and VGSH would leave roughly 8.1% 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
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
10 shared in total| # | Holding | In NEAR | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 3.76% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 3.32% | 1.14% | 1.14% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 1.83% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 2.83% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 1.30% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 1.42% | 0.89% | 0.89% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.70% | 1.22% | 0.70% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.47% | 1.05% | 0.47% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 1.24% | 0.31% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.25% | 1.12% | 0.25% |
Only in NEAR
1,814 total- United States Treasury 12.04%
- United States Treasury 1.08%
- ECMC Group Student Loan Trust 0.44%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.43%
- APPLOVIN CORP 0.41%
- VIPER ENERGY PARTNERS LL 0.41%
- PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC 0.40%
- ORACLE CORP 0.38%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.38%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.37%
Only in VGSH
81 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.44%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.38%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.36%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.32%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
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- NEAR vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 7.0%
- NEAR vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 5.0%
- NEAR vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 4.8%
- NEAR vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 4.0%
- NEAR vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 3.8%
- NEAR vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 3.3%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 5.8%
- VGSH vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 4.7%
- VGSH vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 2.6%
- VGSH vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 2.1%
- VGSH vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 1.9%
- VGSH vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury Index ETF 1.5%
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.