ETF comparison
SHY vs SPTS
Both US Treasury (Short).
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF
Holdings overlap
80 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHY and SPTS would leave roughly 79.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SPTS 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 SHY vs SPTS.
Top shared holdings
80 shared in total| # | Holding | In SHY | In SPTS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 1.71% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.43% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 3 | United States of America | 1.47% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
| 4 | United States of America | 1.38% | 1.32% | 1.32% |
| 5 | United States of America | 1.35% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 6 | United States of America | 1.35% | 1.29% | 1.29% |
| 7 | United States of America | 1.83% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 8 | United States of America | 1.38% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 9 | United States of America | 1.33% | 1.26% | 1.26% |
| 10 | United States of America | 1.34% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 11 | United States of America | 1.25% | 1.34% | 1.25% |
| 12 | United States of America | 1.34% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
Only in SHY
10 total- United States of America 2.20%
- United States of America 1.55%
- United States of America 1.53%
- United States of America 1.14%
- United States of America 1.13%
- United States of America 0.79%
- United States of America 0.44%
- BlackRock Funds III 0.27%
- United States of America 0.19%
- United States of America 0.15%
Only in SPTS
17 total- United States Treasury 1.27%
- United States Treasury 1.25%
- United States Treasury 1.21%
- United States Treasury 1.16%
- United States Treasury 1.14%
- United States Treasury 1.11%
- United States Treasury 0.99%
- United States Treasury 0.89%
- United States Treasury 0.83%
- United States Treasury 0.80%
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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.