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ICSH vs VUSB

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
3.8 %

32 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ICSH and VUSB would leave roughly 3.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ICSH only 89.3% Shared 3.8% VUSB only 95.1%
In ICSH only
326 positions
Shared
32 positions
In VUSB only
1,250 positions

Side by side

ICSH

iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$7.77B
TTM yield
4.28%
Top-10 conc.
11.6%
VUSB

Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$8.94B
TTM yield
4.35%
Top-10 conc.
7.9%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
90
52
Tax efficiency
52
95
Liquidity
98
98
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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ICSH sub-score VUSB

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

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

32 shared in total
# Holding In ICSH In VUSB Overlap
1 TRUIST BANK 0.50% 0.48% 0.48%
2 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.23% 0.32% 0.23%
3 NTT FINANCE CORP 0.22% 0.38% 0.22%
4 SALESFORCE INC 0.73% 0.21% 0.21%
5 SUMITOMO MITSUI TR BK LT 0.24% 0.20% 0.20%
6 PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES 0.33% 0.18% 0.18%
7 ABBVIE INC 0.29% 0.16% 0.16%
8 UBS AG STAMFORD CT 0.23% 0.14% 0.14%
9 PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC 0.15% 0.14% 0.14%
10 CITIGROUP INC 0.14% 0.21% 0.14%
11 HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 0.73% 0.14% 0.14%
12 MORGAN STANLEY PVT BANK 0.13% 0.19% 0.13%

Only in ICSH

326 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 2.03%
  • Marubeni Finance America LLC 1.03%
  • Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY 0.82%
  • NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL GLBL 0.79%
  • CDP Financial Inc 0.75%
  • PACIFIC LIFE GF II 0.75%
  • NEW YORK LIFE GLOBAL FDG 0.73%
  • RWE AG 0.73%
  • ATHENE GLOBAL FUNDING 0.71%
  • Svenska Handelsbanken/New York NY 0.70%

Only in VUSB

1,250 total
  • United States Treasury Bill 3.18%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.57%
  • US Bancorp 0.55%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
  • Tyson Foods Inc 0.46%
  • UBS Group AG 0.45%
  • Bank of Montreal 0.44%
  • National Bank of Canada 0.41%
  • Toyota Motor Credit Corp 0.41%

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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.