ETF comparison
PULS vs VTIP
US Aggregate Bond vs TIPS.
PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PULS and VTIP would leave roughly 0.0% 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
VTIP 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 VTIP.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in PULS
735 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 VTIP
25 total- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.39%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.33%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.74%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.70%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.59%
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- PULS vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 7.1%
- PULS vs PAAA · PGIM AAA CLO ETF 7.1%
- PULS vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 6.9%
- PULS vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 6.2%
- PULS vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 5.2%
- PULS vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 3.8%
More comparisons with VTIP
- VTIP vs PZA · Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SCHO · Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SCMB · Schwab Municipal Bond ETF 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.