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AGG vs SHV

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares 0–1 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.5 %

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

AGG only 98.5% Shared 0.5% SHV only 103.4%
In AGG only
13,182 positions
Shared
1 positions
In SHV only
64 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
$138.85B
TTM yield
4.01%
Top-10 conc.
7.1%
SHV

iShares 0–1 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Short)

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$20.95B
TTM yield
3.78%
Top-10 conc.
39.1%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
85
52
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
58
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Tracking quality
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AGG sub-score SHV

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

Cost difference

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

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 SHV.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In AGG In SHV Overlap
1 BlackRock Funds III 0.52% 0.49% 0.49%

Only in AGG

13,182 total
  • United States Treasury 0.46%
  • United States Treasury 0.43%
  • United States Treasury 0.42%
  • United States Treasury 0.42%
  • United States Treasury 0.42%
  • United States Treasury 0.41%
  • United States Treasury 0.41%
  • United States Treasury 0.41%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%

Only in SHV

64 total
  • United States of America 4.86%
  • United States of America 4.49%
  • United States of America 4.42%
  • United States of America 4.18%
  • United States of America 4.07%
  • United States of America 3.99%
  • United States of America 3.51%
  • United States of America 3.29%
  • United States of America 3.20%
  • United States of America 3.16%

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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.