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BSV vs SHY

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
36.1 %

80 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and SHY would leave roughly 36.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BSV only 62.2% Shared 36.1% SHY only 63.1%
In BSV only
3,076 positions
Shared
80 positions
In SHY only
10 positions

Side by side

BSV

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$69.83B
TTM yield
4.01%
Top-10 conc.
8.5%
SHY

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Short)

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$25.36B
TTM yield
3.65%
Top-10 conc.
17.0%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
85
52
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
90
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Tracking quality
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BSV sub-score SHY

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

Cost difference

BSV 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 BSV vs SHY.

Top shared holdings

80 shared in total
# Holding In BSV In SHY Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.16% 1.71% 1.16%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80% 1.43% 0.80%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78% 0.81% 0.78%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75% 1.15% 0.75%
5 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.91% 0.73% 0.73%
6 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.64% 0.82% 0.64%
7 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.73% 0.63% 0.63%
8 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.62% 1.47% 0.62%
9 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.56% 1.31% 0.56%
10 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.56% 1.38% 0.56%
11 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.55% 1.62% 0.55%
12 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.54% 1.35% 0.54%

Only in BSV

3,076 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.92%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.79%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.76%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.76%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.76%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75%

Only in SHY

10 total
  • United States of America 2.20%
  • United States of America 1.55%
  • United States of America 1.53%
  • United States of America 1.14%
  • United States of America 1.13%
  • United States of America 0.79%
  • United States of America 0.44%
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.27%
  • United States of America 0.19%
  • United States of America 0.15%

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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.