ETF comparison
SCHR vs VGSH
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Short).
Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHR and VGSH would leave roughly 2.1% 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 (0.030% 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 SCHR vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHR | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 2.14% | 1.38% | 1.38% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 1.22% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
Only in SCHR
99 total- United States Treasury 1.93%
- United States Treasury 1.90%
- United States Treasury 1.88%
- United States Treasury 1.88%
- United States Treasury 1.87%
- United States Treasury 1.85%
- United States Treasury 1.85%
- United States Treasury 1.84%
- United States Treasury 1.83%
- United States Treasury 1.82%
Only in VGSH
89 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.44%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.42%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.36%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.32%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.28%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with SCHR
- SCHR vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 1.9%
- SCHR vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SCHR vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- SCHR vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond ETF 0.0%
- SCHR vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- SCHR vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 1.9%
- VGSH vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury Index ETF 1.5%
- VGSH vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.3%
- VGSH vs GBIL · Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF 1.2%
- VGSH vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.7%
- VGSH vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 0.6%
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.