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BSV vs VUSB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
6.3 %

413 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BSV and VUSB would leave roughly 6.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BSV only 92.0% Shared 6.3% VUSB only 92.7%
In BSV only
2,743 positions
Shared
413 positions
In VUSB only
869 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%
VUSB

Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$8.94B
TTM yield
4.35%
Top-10 conc.
7.9%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
90
52
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
98
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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BSV sub-score VUSB

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

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 the cost calculator pre-filled with BSV vs VUSB.

Top shared holdings

413 shared in total
# Holding In BSV In VUSB Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.76% 0.82% 0.76%
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75% 0.57% 0.57%
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.63% 0.49% 0.49%
4 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.37% 0.35% 0.35%
5 Bank of America Corp 0.06% 0.09% 0.06%
6 Bank of America Corp 0.05% 0.27% 0.05%
7 Verizon Communications Inc 0.05% 0.10% 0.05%
8 Amgen Inc 0.04% 0.18% 0.04%
9 Corebridge Financial Inc 0.04% 0.27% 0.04%
10 T-Mobile USA Inc 0.04% 0.23% 0.04%
11 Wells Fargo & Co 0.04% 0.13% 0.04%
12 Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.04% 0.24% 0.04%

Only in BSV

2,743 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.16%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.92%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.91%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%
  • 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 0.78%

Only in VUSB

869 total
  • United States Treasury Bill 3.18%
  • UBS Group AG 0.45%
  • Bank of Montreal 0.44%
  • Toyota Motor Credit Corp 0.41%
  • NTT Finance Corp 0.38%
  • Mercedes-Benz Finance North America LLC 0.38%
  • American Honda Finance Corp 0.37%
  • Athene Global Funding 0.36%
  • UBS Group AG 0.34%
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 0.33%

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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.