ETF comparison
ICSH vs VUSB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
36 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ICSH and VUSB would leave roughly 4.0% 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 VUSB. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for VUSB.
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 VUSB.
Top shared holdings
36 shared in total| # | Holding | In ICSH | In VUSB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRUIST BANK | 0.45% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 2 | HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC | 0.65% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 3 | MORGAN STANLEY PVT BANK | 0.65% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 4 | CITIBANK NA | 0.23% | 0.26% | 0.23% |
| 5 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.21% | 0.35% | 0.21% |
| 6 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.23% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 7 | NTT FINANCE CORP | 0.19% | 0.35% | 0.19% |
| 8 | SALESFORCE INC | 0.65% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 9 | SUMITOMO MITSUI TR BK LT | 0.22% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 10 | UBS AG STAMFORD CT | 0.22% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES | 0.29% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | UBS AG STAMFORD CT | 0.21% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
Only in ICSH
332 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 VUSB
1,245 total- United States Treasury Bill 4.19%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.67%
- PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.58%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.52%
- Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.51%
- US Bancorp 0.50%
- Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.49%
- Westlake Flooring Master Trust 0.44%
- DLLAD 2024-1 LLC 0.43%
- UBS Group AG 0.41%
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More comparisons with VUSB
- VUSB vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 3.9%
- VUSB vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 3.6%
- VUSB vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 2.1%
- VUSB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 2.0%
- VUSB vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 1.8%
- VUSB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 1.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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