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ETF comparison

ICSH vs VGSH

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.7 %

2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ICSH and VGSH would leave roughly 0.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ICSH unmatched 90.3% Shared 0.7% VGSH unmatched 98.3%

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.

In ICSH only
366 positions
Shared
2 positions
In VGSH only
89 positions

Side by side

ICSH

iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$8.84B
TTM yield
4.13%
Top-10 conc.
10.2%
VGSH

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$39.49B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.77%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
97
52
Tax efficiency
58
98
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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ICSH sub-score VGSH

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

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

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 VGSH.

Top shared holdings

2 shared in total
# Holding In ICSH In VGSH Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.42% 1.24% 0.42%
2 United States Treasury 0.31% 1.11% 0.31%

Only in ICSH

366 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 VGSH

89 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.29%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open ICSH or VGSH at a brokerage

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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.