ETF comparison
FBND vs VGSH
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
Fidelity Total Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FBND and VGSH 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
VGSH is 33 bps cheaper than FBND. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 VGSH.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In FBND | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UST NOTES | 0.20% | 1.16% | 0.20% |
| 2 | UST NOTES | 0.08% | 1.10% | 0.08% |
| 3 | UST NOTES | 0.06% | 1.10% | 0.06% |
| 4 | UST NOTES | 0.01% | 1.01% | 0.01% |
| 5 | UST NOTES | 0.01% | 1.17% | 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 VGSH
86 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.29%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
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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/.
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