ETF comparison
GVI vs PULS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
94 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and PULS would leave roughly 0.7% 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
PULS is 5 bps cheaper than GVI. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for GVI.
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 GVI vs PULS.
Top shared holdings
94 shared in total| # | Holding | In GVI | In PULS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.40% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 2 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.02% | 0.07% | 0.02% |
| 3 | SALESFORCE INC | 0.02% | 0.32% | 0.02% |
| 4 | SALESFORCE INC | 0.02% | 0.32% | 0.02% |
| 5 | PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 6 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.02% | 0.24% | 0.02% |
| 7 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.02% | 0.24% | 0.02% |
| 8 | CITIBANK NA | 0.01% | 0.06% | 0.01% |
| 9 | ALPHABET INC | 0.01% | 0.19% | 0.01% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.26% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 11 | GLAXOSMITHKLINE CAP INC | 0.01% | 0.07% | 0.01% |
| 12 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.01% | 0.18% | 0.01% |
Only in GVI
6,083 total- United States Treasury 0.79%
- United States Treasury 0.77%
- United States Treasury 0.76%
- United States Treasury 0.76%
- United States Treasury 0.76%
- United States Treasury 0.74%
- United States Treasury 0.73%
- United States Treasury 0.70%
- United States Treasury 0.69%
- United States Treasury 0.67%
Only in PULS
586 total- PGIM ETF Trust 1.81%
- Phillips 66 0.83%
- GLENCORE FUNDING LLC 0.74%
- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.66%
- INTESA SANPAOLO SPA NEW YORK BRANCH 0.63%
- ABN AMRO BANK NV 0.57%
- Healthpeak Properties Inc 0.52%
- BX TRUST 2022-LBA6 0.51%
- FEDERATION DES CAISSES DESJARDINS DU QUEBEC 0.51%
- Servicenow Inc 0.50%
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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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