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ETF comparison

BIV vs PULS

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIV and PULS would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BIV unmatched 98.9% Shared 0.0% PULS unmatched 100.2%

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 BIV only
2,355 positions
Shared
0 positions
In PULS only
680 positions

Side by side

BIV

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$50.44B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
4.46%
Top-10 conc.
20.9%
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
84
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BIV sub-score PULS

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

Cost difference

BIV 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 BIV vs PULS.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in BIV

2,355 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.10%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.10%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.02%

Only in PULS

680 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 BIV 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.