ETF comparison
SPTS vs VGSH
Both US Treasury (Short).
State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
82 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPTS and VGSH would leave roughly 86.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 SPTS vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
82 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPTS | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 1.65% | 2.22% | 1.65% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 1.29% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 1.47% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 1.28% | 1.27% | 1.27% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 1.27% | 1.29% | 1.27% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 1.33% | 1.26% | 1.26% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 1.26% | 1.26% | 1.26% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 1.28% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 1.25% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 1.23% | 1.23% | 1.23% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 1.36% | 1.22% | 1.22% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 1.23% | 1.21% | 1.21% |
Only in SPTS
15 total- United States Treasury 1.27%
- United States Treasury 1.25%
- United States Treasury 1.21%
- United States Treasury 1.16%
- United States Treasury 1.11%
- United States Treasury 0.99%
- United States Treasury 0.83%
- United States Treasury 0.80%
- United States Treasury 0.70%
- State Street Global Advisors 0.18%
Only in VGSH
13 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.23%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.22%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.10%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.09%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.96%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.95%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.34%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.00%
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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.