ETF comparison
FBND vs SHY
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
Fidelity Total Bond ETF · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FBND and SHY would leave roughly 0.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SHY is 21 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $210/yr more in fees for FBND.
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 FBND vs SHY.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In FBND | In SHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UST NOTES | 0.20% | 0.96% | 0.20% |
| 2 | UST NOTES | 0.08% | 0.99% | 0.08% |
| 3 | UST NOTES | 0.06% | 1.07% | 0.06% |
| 4 | UST NOTES | 0.01% | 1.06% | 0.01% |
| 5 | UST NOTES | 0.01% | 0.89% | 0.01% |
Only in FBND
4,464 total- Fidelity Revere Street Trust 4.62%
- UST NOTES 2.34%
- UST NOTES 2.21%
- UST NOTES 2.17%
- UST NOTES 1.81%
- UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.53%
- UST NOTES 1.49%
- UNITED STATES TREASURY BOND 1.26%
- UST NOTES 1.20%
- FNMA/FHLG TBA ISSUER 1.19%
Only in SHY
84 total- United States of America 1.96%
- United States of America 1.84%
- United States of America 1.71%
- United States of America 1.60%
- United States of America 1.60%
- United States of America 1.52%
- United States of America 1.48%
- United States of America 1.45%
- United States of America 1.43%
- United States of America 1.40%
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More comparisons with FBND
- FBND vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.4%
- FBND vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.3%
- FBND vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 0.3%
- FBND vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.2%
- FBND vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.1%
- FBND vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond ETF 0.1%
More comparisons with SHY
- SHY vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.3%
- SHY vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.2%
- SHY vs VTC · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares 0.0%
- SHY vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SHY vs VCIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SHY vs ANGL · VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.