ETF comparison
BSVvsSHY
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
83 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and SHY would leave roughly37.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost calculator pre-filled with BSV vs SHY.
Top shared holdings
83 shared in total| # | Holding | In BSV | In SHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.12% | 1.71% | 1.12% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.80% | 1.43% | 0.80% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.81% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 1.16% | 0.75% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.82% | 0.75% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.89% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.68% | 0.71% | 0.68% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.62% | 1.52% | 0.62% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.57% | 1.48% | 0.57% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.56% | 1.38% | 0.56% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.55% | 1.38% | 0.55% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.53% | 1.35% | 0.53% |
Only in BSV
3,102 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.88%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.79%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.78%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.77%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.77%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.75%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.75%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.74%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.72%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.71%
Only in SHY
7 total- United States of America1.84%
- United States of America1.60%
- United States of America1.32%
- United States of America1.18%
- United States of America0.99%
- United States of America0.37%
- BlackRock Funds III0.20%
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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/.
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