ETF comparison
AGG vs NEAR
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF
Holdings overlap
283 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and NEAR would leave roughly 2.9% 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
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Cost difference
AGG is 22 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for NEAR.
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 AGG vs NEAR.
Top shared holdings
283 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In NEAR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.21% | 0.43% | 0.21% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.21% | 0.35% | 0.21% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.19% | 3.73% | 0.19% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.18% | 0.78% | 0.18% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.15% | 1.60% | 0.15% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.15% | 1.47% | 0.15% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.14% | 4.25% | 0.14% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.11% | 3.20% | 0.11% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.11% | 1.04% | 0.11% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.08% | 0.27% | 0.08% |
| 11 | T-MOBILE USA INC | 0.02% | 0.15% | 0.02% |
| 12 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.02% | 0.08% | 0.02% |
Only in AGG
12,983 total- United States Treasury 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
Only in NEAR
1,297 total- United States Treasury 14.14%
- Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 0.37%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.32%
- UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.26%
- SMB Private Education Loan Trust 0.26%
- Curzon Mortgages PLC 0.25%
- CAISSE D'AMORT DETTE SOC 0.25%
- Freddie Mac 0.25%
- Vita Scientia 0.25%
- Fannie Mae 0.24%
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- AGG vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.1%
- AGG vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.0%
- AGG vs VWOB · Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
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- NEAR vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 2.7%
- NEAR vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 2.6%
- NEAR vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 2.4%
- NEAR vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 2.2%
- NEAR vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 2.0%
- NEAR vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 1.9%
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.