ETF comparison
PULS vs SCHZ
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
93 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PULS and SCHZ would leave roughly 0.5% 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
SCHZ is 12 bps cheaper than PULS. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for PULS.
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 PULS vs SCHZ.
Top shared holdings
93 shared in total| # | Holding | In PULS | In SCHZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 2 | SALESFORCE INC | 0.28% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 3 | PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTERPRISES PTE LTD | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 4 | MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I TRUST 2017-HR2 | 0.04% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 5 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT | 0.01% | 0.21% | 0.01% |
| 6 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.06% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 7 | SALESFORCE INC | 0.28% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 8 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.21% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 9 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.21% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 10 | BANK 2017-BNK9 | 0.12% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 11 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.16% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 12 | ALPHABET INC | 0.16% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in PULS
642 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%
Only in SCHZ
12,233 total- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
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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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