ETF comparison
SCHZ vs SHY
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
87 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHZ and SHY would leave roughly 15.5% 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
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Cost difference
SCHZ is 12 bps cheaper than SHY. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for SHY.
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 SCHZ vs SHY.
Top shared holdings
87 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHZ | In SHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 1.71% | 0.35% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.30% | 0.73% | 0.30% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.28% | 1.34% | 0.28% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.28% | 0.87% | 0.28% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.24% | 1.18% | 0.24% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.24% | 1.49% | 0.24% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.23% | 0.89% | 0.23% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.22% | 1.51% | 0.22% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.22% | 1.30% | 0.22% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.22% | 1.47% | 0.22% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.22% | 0.52% | 0.22% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.22% | 1.33% | 0.22% |
Only in SCHZ
12,239 total- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
Only in SHY
3 total- United States of America 1.00%
- United States of America 0.79%
- United States of America 0.76%
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- SCHZ vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 15.3%
- SCHZ vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 15.0%
- SCHZ vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 14.4%
- SCHZ vs SPIB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond Index ETF 14.3%
- SCHZ vs LQD · iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 12.0%
More comparisons with SHY
- SHY vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.5%
- SHY vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 15.5%
- SHY vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF 15.4%
- SHY vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 13.9%
- SHY vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 8.1%
- SHY vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 5.1%
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/.
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