ETF comparison
BSVvsVGSH
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
84 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and VGSH would leave roughly39.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
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 VGSH.
Top shared holdings
84 shared in total| # | Holding | In BSV | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.12% | 2.24% | 1.12% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.89% | 1.10% | 0.89% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.81% | 1.17% | 0.81% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.80% | 1.23% | 0.80% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 1.35% | 0.75% |
| 6 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.83% | 0.75% |
| 7 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 1.04% | 0.75% |
| 8 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 1.10% | 0.75% |
| 9 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.68% | 0.99% | 0.68% |
| 10 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.63% | 1.12% | 0.63% |
| 11 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.62% | 1.40% | 0.62% |
| 12 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.57% | 1.26% | 0.57% |
Only in BSV
3,101 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/Bond0.74%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.72%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.71%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.70%
Only in VGSH
7 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.29%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.20%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.11%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.92%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.70%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.59%
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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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