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ETF comparison

SCHO vs VGSH

Both US Treasury (Short).

Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
86.5 %

83 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHO and VGSH would leave roughly 86.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SCHO unmatched 12.6% Shared 86.5% VGSH unmatched 12.4%

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.

In SCHO only
13 positions
Shared
83 positions
In VGSH only
8 positions

Side by side

SCHO

Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF

Schwab · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$15.74B
TTM yield
3.48%
Top-10 conc.
14.4%
VGSH

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$41.38B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.45%
Top-10 conc.
14.2%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
59
Tax efficiency
59
100
Liquidity
100
N/A
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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SCHO sub-score VGSH

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).

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 SCHO vs VGSH.

Top shared holdings

83 shared in total
# Holding In SCHO In VGSH Overlap
1 United States Treasury 2.18% 2.04% 2.04%
2 United States Treasury 1.39% 1.42% 1.39%
3 United States Treasury 1.37% 1.33% 1.33%
4 United States Treasury 1.35% 1.28% 1.28%
5 United States Treasury 1.34% 1.27% 1.27%
6 United States Treasury 1.26% 1.31% 1.26%
7 United States Treasury 1.35% 1.22% 1.22%
8 United States Treasury 1.32% 1.22% 1.22%
9 United States Treasury 1.20% 1.26% 1.20%
10 United States Treasury 1.20% 1.30% 1.20%
11 United States Treasury 1.31% 1.19% 1.19%
12 United States Treasury 1.16% 1.32% 1.16%

Only in SCHO

13 total
  • United States Treasury 1.35%
  • United States Treasury 1.34%
  • United States Treasury 1.15%
  • United States Treasury 1.11%
  • United States Treasury 0.91%
  • United States Treasury 0.87%
  • United States Treasury 0.82%
  • United States Treasury 0.69%
  • United States Treasury 0.16%
  • United States Treasury 0.16%

Only in VGSH

8 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.38%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.17%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.16%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.79%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.67%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open SCHO or VGSH at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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.