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ETF comparison

AGG vs PULS

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.5 %

111 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and PULS would leave roughly 0.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AGG unmatched 97.9% Shared 0.5% PULS unmatched 99.6%

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.

In AGG only
13,155 positions
Shared
111 positions
In PULS only
569 positions

Side by side

AGG

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$135.65B
TTM yield
4.13%
Top-10 conc.
4.0%
PULS

PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF

PGIM · US Aggregate Bond

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$19.40B
TTM yield
4.37%
Top-10 conc.
7.3%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
85
52
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AGG sub-score PULS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

AGG is 12 bps cheaper than PULS. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for PULS.

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 PULS.

Top shared holdings

111 shared in total
# Holding In AGG In PULS Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.22% 0.19% 0.19%
2 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust 0.02% 0.05% 0.02%
3 PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
4 United States Treasury 0.23% 0.01% 0.01%
5 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.01% 0.07% 0.01%
6 SALESFORCE INC 0.01% 0.32% 0.01%
7 SALESFORCE INC 0.01% 0.32% 0.01%
8 AMAZON.COM INC 0.01% 0.24% 0.01%
9 GS Mortgage Securities Trust 0.01% 0.19% 0.01%
10 AMAZON.COM INC 0.01% 0.24% 0.01%
11 CITIBANK NA 0.01% 0.06% 0.01%
12 Bank5 0.01% 0.25% 0.01%

Only in AGG

13,155 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 PULS

569 total
  • PGIM ETF Trust 1.81%
  • Phillips 66 0.83%
  • GLENCORE FUNDING LLC 0.74%
  • Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.66%
  • INTESA SANPAOLO SPA NEW YORK BRANCH 0.63%
  • ABN AMRO BANK NV 0.57%
  • Healthpeak Properties Inc 0.52%
  • BX TRUST 2022-LBA6 0.51%
  • FEDERATION DES CAISSES DESJARDINS DU QUEBEC 0.51%
  • Servicenow Inc 0.50%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open AGG or PULS at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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.