ETF comparison
AGG vs SHY
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
89 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and SHY would leave roughly 15.3% 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 12 bps cheaper than SHY. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for SHY.
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 SHY.
Top shared holdings
89 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In SHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 0.84% | 0.35% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 0.31% | 1.71% | 0.31% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 0.26% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 0.25% | 0.42% | 0.25% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.25% | 0.73% | 0.25% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 0.24% | 1.32% | 0.24% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.24% | 1.38% | 0.24% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.24% | 0.63% | 0.24% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.24% | 1.48% | 0.24% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.24% | 1.38% | 0.24% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 0.23% | 1.29% | 0.23% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 0.23% | 1.33% | 0.23% |
Only in AGG
13,177 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 SHY
0 totalEvery SHY position is also held by AGG.
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- AGG vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 14.6%
- AGG vs SPIB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF 14.6%
- AGG vs LQD · iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 12.8%
More comparisons with SHY
- SHY vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 14.9%
- SHY vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 14.8%
- SHY vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 14.3%
- SHY vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 13.4%
- SHY vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 12.4%
- SHY vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 8.2%
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.