ETF comparison
ICSH vs VCRB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF · Vanguard Core Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ICSH and VCRB would leave roughly 0.2% 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 2 bps cheaper than VCRB. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VCRB.
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 VCRB.
Top shared holdings
6 shared in total| # | Holding | In ICSH | In VCRB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUMITOMO MITSUI FINL GRP | 0.16% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 2 | TRUIST BANK | 0.15% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 3 | VOLKSWAGEN GROUP AMERICA | 0.22% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 4 | MORGAN STANLEY BANK NA | 0.18% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 5 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.16% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 6 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in ICSH
362 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 VCRB
3,408 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.02%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.97%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.75%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.68%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.65%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.60%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
- OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.56%
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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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