ETF comparison
PAAA vs PYLD
Both US Aggregate Bond.
PGIM AAA CLO ETF · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PAAA and PYLD would leave roughly 1.3% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
PAAA is 37 bps cheaper than PYLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $370/yr more in fees for PYLD.
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 PYLD.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In PAAA | In PYLD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OCTAGON 64 LTD | 0.36% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 2 | Regatta VII Funding Ltd | 0.22% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 3 | MAGNETITE XXXII LTD | 0.41% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 4 | TRINITAS CLO XVI LTD | 0.18% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 5 | MADISON PARK FUNDING XXXIV LTD | 0.60% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 6 | ELMWOOD CLO 21 LTD | 0.40% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | SIGNAL PEAK CLO 12 LTD | 0.14% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 8 | NEUBERGER BERMAN CLO XXI LTD | 0.42% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | SYMPHONY CLO 37 LTD | 0.24% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 10 | OCTAGON INVESTMENT PARTNERS 45 LTD | 0.20% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | BLUEMOUNTAIN CLO 2014-4 LTD | 0.25% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | Marble Point CLO XXIV Ltd | 0.14% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in PAAA
290 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 PYLD
1,736 total- UMBS, TBA 7.01%
- UMBS, TBA 6.55%
- UMBS, TBA 4.83%
- Fannie Mae 2.97%
- UMBS, TBA 1.78%
- UMBS, TBA 1.42%
- United States Treasury 1.20%
- Freddie Mac 1.06%
- REPUBLIC OF PERU 0.89%
- RD MICHIGAN PROP OWNER I 0.84%
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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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