ETF comparison
PAAA vs PULS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
45 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PAAA 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
PULS is 4 bps cheaper than PAAA. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for PAAA.
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 PAAA vs PULS.
Top shared holdings
45 shared in total| # | Holding | In PAAA | In PULS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WELLFLEET CLO 2021-3 LTD | 0.44% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 2 | CROWN CITY CLO | 0.40% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 3 | GALAXY XXV CLO LTD | 0.33% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 4 | ARES XLIV CLO LTD | 0.50% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 5 | JAMESTOWN CLO IX LTD | 0.34% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 6 | TIKEHAU US CLO III LTD | 0.61% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 7 | OCTAGON 64 LTD | 0.36% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 8 | 720 EAST CLO VII LTD | 0.57% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 9 | KKR CLO 41 LTD | 0.32% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 10 | CIFC FUNDING 2021-VII LTD | 0.24% | 0.29% | 0.24% |
| 11 | ICG US CLO 2020-1 LTD | 0.24% | 0.27% | 0.24% |
| 12 | COLUMBIA CENT CLO 29 LTD | 0.24% | 0.27% | 0.24% |
Only in PAAA
266 total- CBAM 2017-2 LTD 1.58%
- Regatta XXVII Funding Ltd / Regatta XXVII Funding LLC 1.29%
- BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS CLO XII-B LTD 1.21%
- GOLDENTREE LOAN MANAGEMENT US CLO 31 LTD 1.21%
- MAGNETITE XL LTD 1.13%
- OCP CLO LTD 1.12%
- BATTALION CLO XXIV LTD 1.09%
- AGL CORE CLO 1.06%
- REGATTA XXVI FUNDING LTD 1.01%
- BALBOA BAY LOAN FUNDING 2024-1 LTD 1.01%
Only in PULS
690 total- PGIM ETF Trust 1.95%
- Suncor Energy Inc. 0.77%
- INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 0.68%
- Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. 0.67%
- 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%
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- PAAA vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 0.5%
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- PAAA vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 0.1%
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- PULS vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 6.9%
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- 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%
- PULS vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 1.9%
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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