ETF comparison
SPTS vs VGSH
Both US Treasury (Short).
State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury Index ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
87 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPTS and VGSH would leave roughly 90.0% 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 SPTS vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
87 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPTS | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 1.82% | 2.04% | 1.82% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 1.42% | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 1.36% | 1.35% | 1.35% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 1.37% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 1.29% | 1.44% | 1.29% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 1.29% | 1.31% | 1.29% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 1.36% | 1.27% | 1.27% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 1.25% | 1.30% | 1.25% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 1.24% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 1.23% | 1.24% | 1.23% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 1.30% | 1.22% | 1.22% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 1.21% | 1.28% | 1.21% |
Only in SPTS
9 total- United States Treasury 1.15%
- United States Treasury 0.95%
- United States Treasury 0.88%
- United States Treasury 0.87%
- United States Treasury 0.17%
- United States Treasury 0.12%
- United States Treasury 0.09%
- United States Treasury 0.09%
- United States Treasury 0.08%
Only in VGSH
4 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.38%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.16%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.67%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with SPTS
- SPTS vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 86.3%
- SPTS vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 26.8%
- SPTS vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 17.1%
- SPTS vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 16.0%
- SPTS vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.4%
- SPTS vs GBIL · Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF 2.0%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 89.9%
- VGSH vs SCHO · Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 86.5%
- VGSH vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 41.1%
- VGSH vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 28.1%
- VGSH vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 27.9%
- VGSH vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 16.6%
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.