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ETF comparison

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
0.4 %

2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and SHV would leave roughly 0.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AGG unmatched 98.1% Shared 0.4% SHV unmatched 102.9%

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
13,264 positions
Shared
2 positions
In SHV only
61 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%
SHV

iShares 0–1 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Short)

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$22.83B
TTM yield
3.63%
Top-10 conc.
39.3%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
85
52
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
N/A
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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

2 shared in total
# Holding In AGG In SHV Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.22% 0.97% 0.22%
2 United States Treasury 0.15% 0.95% 0.15%

Only in AGG

13,264 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 SHV

61 total
  • United States of America 4.95%
  • United States of America 4.49%
  • United States of America 4.42%
  • United States of America 4.23%
  • United States of America 4.10%
  • United States of America 3.74%
  • United States of America 3.54%
  • United States of America 3.34%
  • United States of America 3.30%
  • United States of America 3.23%

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.