ETF comparison
SPAB vs VGSH
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond Index ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
86 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPAB and VGSH 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
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 SPAB vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
86 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPAB | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.79% | 1.11% | 0.79% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.44% | 1.09% | 0.44% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.42% | 2.04% | 0.42% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.39% | 1.06% | 0.39% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.38% | 1.11% | 0.38% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.34% | 1.13% | 0.34% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.32% | 0.87% | 0.32% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 1.10% | 0.31% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 1.02% | 0.31% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.30% | 1.12% | 0.30% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.30% | 1.00% | 0.30% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.29% | 1.27% | 0.29% |
Only in SPAB
8,199 total- United States Treasury 0.43%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.36%
- United States Treasury 0.34%
- United States Treasury 0.34%
Only in VGSH
5 total- 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 0.91%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.86%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with SPAB
- SPAB vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 15.4%
- SPAB vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 15.2%
- SPAB vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 14.6%
- SPAB vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 9.9%
- SPAB vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 9.4%
- SPAB vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 7.7%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 14.1%
- VGSH vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 8.1%
- VGSH vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 5.8%
- VGSH vs DFCF · Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF 4.7%
- VGSH vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 2.6%
- VGSH vs SCHR · Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 2.1%
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/.
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.