ETF comparison
ICSH vs PULS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
44 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ICSH and PULS would leave roughly 6.9% 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
ICSH is 7 bps cheaper than PULS. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for PULS.
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 ICSH vs PULS.
Top shared holdings
44 shared in total| # | Holding | In ICSH | In PULS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NATWEST MARKETS PLC | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 2 | SALESFORCE INC | 0.65% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 3 | PROTECTIVE LIFE GLOBAL | 0.37% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 4 | TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP | 0.68% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 5 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.43% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 6 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 0.24% | 0.31% | 0.24% |
| 7 | TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP | 0.24% | 0.26% | 0.24% |
| 8 | SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA | 0.37% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 9 | PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC | 0.27% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 10 | NTT FINANCE CORP | 0.19% | 0.22% | 0.19% |
| 11 | EATON CORP | 0.19% | 0.21% | 0.19% |
| 12 | MARS INC | 0.22% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
Only in ICSH
324 total- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria/New York NY 0.91%
- BPCE SA 0.91%
- Marubeni Finance America LLC 0.77%
- Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY 0.74%
- Svenska Handelsbanken AB 0.72%
- NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL GLBL 0.70%
- MIZUHO BK LTD NEW YORK BRH INS 0.70%
- CDP Financial Inc 0.68%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY 0.67%
- PACIFIC LIFE GF II 0.66%
Only in PULS
636 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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More comparisons with PULS
- PULS vs FLOT · iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF 6.1%
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- PULS vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 3.6%
- PULS vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 1.9%
- PULS vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.9%
- PULS vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
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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