ETF comparison
BSVvsVUSB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
351 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and VUSB would leave roughly4.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
BSV is 7 bps cheaper than VUSB. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for VUSB.
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 VUSB.
Top shared holdings
351 shared in total| # | Holding | In BSV | In VUSB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.75% | 0.67% | 0.67% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.36% | 0.52% | 0.36% |
| 3 | Bank of America Corp | 0.06% | 0.08% | 0.06% |
| 4 | Bank of America Corp | 0.05% | 0.37% | 0.05% |
| 5 | Amgen Inc | 0.04% | 0.16% | 0.04% |
| 6 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The | 0.04% | 0.22% | 0.04% |
| 7 | NatWest Group PLC | 0.03% | 0.30% | 0.03% |
| 8 | HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.03% | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| 9 | Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.03% |
| 10 | Bank of America Corp | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.03% |
| 11 | Cigna Group/The | 0.03% | 0.07% | 0.03% |
| 12 | Salesforce Inc | 0.03% | 0.19% | 0.03% |
Only in BSV
2,834 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond1.12%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.89%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.88%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.81%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.80%
- 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%
Only in VUSB
930 total- United States Treasury Bill4.19%
- PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The0.58%
- Westlake Flooring Master Trust0.44%
- DLLAD 2024-1 LLC0.43%
- UBS Group AG0.41%
- Bank of Montreal0.40%
- Toyota Motor Credit Corp0.37%
- RKTL 2026-20.37%
- PFS Financing Corp0.36%
- NTT Finance Corp0.35%
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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.