ETF comparison
ICSH vs PYLD
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ICSH and PYLD would leave roughly 0.3% 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 56 bps cheaper than PYLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $560/yr more in fees for PYLD.
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 PYLD.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In ICSH | In PYLD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA | 0.47% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 2 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.21% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 3 | Nissan Auto Lease Trust | 0.15% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Only in ICSH
365 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%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP 0.68%
- CDP Financial Inc 0.68%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY 0.67%
Only in PYLD
1,754 total- UMBS, TBA 7.01%
- UMBS, TBA 6.55%
- UMBS, TBA 4.83%
- Fannie Mae 2.97%
- UMBS, TBA 1.78%
- UMBS, TBA 1.42%
- United States Treasury 1.20%
- Freddie Mac 1.06%
- REPUBLIC OF PERU 0.89%
- RD MICHIGAN PROP OWNER I 0.84%
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- PYLD vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
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- PYLD vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury 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.