ETF comparison

FLOTvsVUSB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
7.5%

69 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FLOT and VUSB would leave roughly7.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FLOT only 93.2%Shared 7.5%VUSB only 91.2%
In FLOT only
461 positions
Shared
69 positions
In VUSB only
1,212 positions

Side by side

FLOT

iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

84composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$10.68B
TTM yield
4.34%
Top-10 conc.
10.1%
VUSB

Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

86composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$10.19B
TTM yield
4.29%
Top-10 conc.
8.8%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
90
52
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
FLOTsub-scoreVUSB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

VUSB is 5 bps cheaper than FLOT. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for FLOT.

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 FLOT vs VUSB.

Top shared holdings

69 shared in total
#HoldingIn FLOTIn VUSBOverlap
1AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE0.29%0.34%0.29%
2UBS GROUP AG0.25%0.31%0.25%
3JPMORGAN CHASE & CO0.28%0.23%0.23%
4HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK0.20%0.28%0.20%
5WELLS FARGO & COMPANY0.19%0.22%0.19%
6SUMITOMO MITSUI TR BK LT0.22%0.19%0.19%
7MORGAN STANLEY BANK NA0.18%0.19%0.18%
8TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP0.18%0.37%0.18%
9LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC0.25%0.18%0.18%
10ROYAL BANK OF CANADA0.18%0.22%0.18%
11MORGAN STANLEY0.23%0.17%0.17%
12AMERICAN EXPRESS CO0.21%0.16%0.16%

Only in FLOT

461 total
  • BlackRock Funds III1.75%
  • INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP1.14%
  • EUROPEAN BK RECON & DEV1.10%
  • INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP0.99%
  • EUROPEAN BK RECON & DEV0.93%
  • INTL FINANCE CORP0.90%
  • INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP0.86%
  • INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP0.85%
  • INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP0.80%
  • INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP0.80%

Only in VUSB

1,212 total
  • United States Treasury Bill4.19%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.67%
  • PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The0.58%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.52%
  • Regions Bank/Birmingham AL0.51%
  • US Bancorp0.50%
  • Charles Schwab Corp/The0.49%
  • Truist Bank0.44%
  • Westlake Flooring Master Trust0.44%
  • DLLAD 2024-1 LLC0.43%

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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.