ETF comparison
PULS vs VCRB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
13 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PULS and VCRB would leave roughly 0.3% 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
VCRB is 5 bps cheaper than PULS. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 VCRB.
Top shared holdings
13 shared in total| # | Holding | In PULS | In VCRB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SALESFORCE INC | 0.28% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 2 | VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA FINANCE LLC | 0.07% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 3 | AIRBNB INC | 0.08% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 4 | COREBRIDGE GLOBAL FUNDING | 0.13% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 5 | BANK5 2024-5YR7 | 0.22% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 6 | GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 7 | BBCMS MORTGAGE TRUST 2024-5C29 | 0.12% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 8 | ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & COMPANY | 0.13% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 9 | LOWE'S COMPANIES INC | 0.20% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 10 | BENCHMARK 2018-B1 MORTGAGE TRUST | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 11 | MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL I TRUST 2018-L1 | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 12 | BMO 2024-5C4 MORTGAGE TRUST | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in PULS
722 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 VCRB
3,401 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.02%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.97%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.75%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.68%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.65%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.60%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
- OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.56%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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