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ETF comparison

IUSB vs NEAR

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
4.1 %

786 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IUSB and NEAR would leave roughly 4.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IUSB unmatched 94.1% Shared 4.1% NEAR unmatched 95.0%

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 IUSB only
17,258 positions
Shared
786 positions
In NEAR only
794 positions

Side by side

IUSB

iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$48.08B
TTM yield
4.34%
Top-10 conc.
3.5%
NEAR

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

73 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$5.13B
TTM yield
4.49%
Top-10 conc.
31.2%

Sub-score comparison

94
Cost
75
52
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
87
100
Concentration
70
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Tracking quality
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IUSB sub-score NEAR

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

Cost difference

IUSB is 19 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for NEAR.

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 IUSB vs NEAR.

Top shared holdings

786 shared in total
# Holding In IUSB In NEAR Overlap
1 United States of America 0.24% 0.78% 0.24%
2 United States of America 0.23% 3.73% 0.23%
3 United States of America 0.23% 0.43% 0.23%
4 United States of America 0.21% 4.25% 0.21%
5 United States of America 0.19% 1.60% 0.19%
6 United States of America 0.18% 1.47% 0.18%
7 United States of America 0.17% 3.20% 0.17%
8 United States of America 0.14% 1.04% 0.14%
9 United States of America 0.12% 0.35% 0.12%
10 Bank of America Corp. 0.02% 0.08% 0.02%
11 T-Mobile USA, Inc. 0.02% 0.15% 0.02%
12 1261229 BC Ltd. 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%

Only in IUSB

17,258 total
  • Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.41%
  • United States of America 0.37%
  • United States of America 0.37%
  • United States of America 0.36%
  • United States of America 0.35%
  • United States of America 0.34%
  • United States of America 0.34%
  • United States of America 0.34%
  • United States of America 0.33%
  • United States of America 0.33%

Only in NEAR

794 total
  • United States Treasury 14.14%
  • CITIGROUP INC 0.48%
  • Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 0.37%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.32%
  • United States Treasury 0.27%
  • SMB Private Education Loan Trust 0.26%
  • Curzon Mortgages PLC 0.25%
  • CAISSE D'AMORT DETTE SOC 0.25%
  • Freddie Mac 0.25%
  • Vita Scientia 0.25%

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.