ETF comparison
SHV vs VBIL
Both US Treasury (Short).
iShares 0–1 Year Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF
Holdings overlap
26 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHV and VBIL would leave roughly 37.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VBIL is 9 bps cheaper than SHV. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for SHV.
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 SHV vs VBIL.
Top shared holdings
26 shared in total| # | Holding | In SHV | In VBIL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 4.86% | 5.48% | 4.86% |
| 2 | United States of America | 4.49% | 5.71% | 4.49% |
| 3 | United States of America | 3.51% | 5.47% | 3.51% |
| 4 | United States of America | 3.29% | 4.47% | 3.29% |
| 5 | United States of America | 3.08% | 3.29% | 3.08% |
| 6 | United States of America | 3.06% | 6.38% | 3.06% |
| 7 | United States of America | 2.94% | 5.15% | 2.94% |
| 8 | United States of America | 2.71% | 5.54% | 2.71% |
| 9 | United States of America | 1.82% | 5.23% | 1.82% |
| 10 | United States of America | 4.42% | 1.26% | 1.26% |
| 11 | United States of America | 1.20% | 3.40% | 1.20% |
| 12 | United States of America | 1.16% | 4.45% | 1.16% |
Only in SHV
39 total- United States of America 4.18%
- United States of America 4.07%
- United States of America 3.99%
- United States of America 3.20%
- United States of America 3.16%
- United States of America 3.13%
- United States of America 2.88%
- United States of America 2.61%
- United States of America 2.43%
- United States of America 2.43%
Only in VBIL
0 totalEvery VBIL position is also held by SHV.
Open SHV or VBIL at a brokerage
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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.