ETF comparison
PULS vs SHY
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PULS and SHY would leave roughly 0.2% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.15% vs 0.15%).
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 SHY.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In PULS | In SHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT | 0.17% | 1.35% | 0.17% |
| 2 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT | 0.01% | 1.34% | 0.01% |
Only in PULS
733 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 SHY
88 total- United States of America 1.97%
- United States of America 1.71%
- United States of America 1.61%
- United States of America 1.51%
- United States of America 1.49%
- United States of America 1.48%
- United States of America 1.47%
- United States of America 1.40%
- United States of America 1.39%
- United States of America 1.39%
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- PULS vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.2%
- PULS vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.2%
- PULS vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 0.1%
- PULS vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 0.1%
- PULS vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- PULS vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
More comparisons with SHY
- SHY vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.1%
- SHY vs ANGL · VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF 0.0%
- SHY vs BAB · Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF 0.0%
- SHY vs BIL · State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF 0.0%
- SHY vs BINC · iShares Flexible Income Active ETF 0.0%
- SHY vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
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.