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ETF comparison

BLV vs SHY

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Fund · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

0.0 %

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

BLV only 0.0% Shared 0.0% SHY only 0.0%
In BLV only
0 positions
Shared
0 positions
In SHY only
0 positions

Holdings data for BLV covers 0.0% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Holdings data for SHY covers 0.0% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.

Side by side

BLV

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Fund

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$8.49B
TTM yield
4.77%
Top-10 conc.
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SHY

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Short)

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$25.08B
TTM yield
3.72%
Top-10 conc.
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Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
85
43
Tax efficiency
52
97
Liquidity
100
N/A
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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BLV sub-score SHY

Tracking-quality sub-score is not yet computed for any fund — see methodology for which inputs are live.

Cost difference

BLV 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. It compounds over time — we publish a fuller cost-projection calculator on the methodology page.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in BLV

0 total

Every BLV position is also held by SHY.

Only in SHY

0 total

Every SHY position is also held by BLV.

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.