ETF comparison

NEARvsPAAA

Both US Aggregate Bond.

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF · PGIM AAA CLO ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.6%

14 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NEAR and PAAA would leave roughly0.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

NEAR only 101.3%Shared 0.6%PAAA only 103.3%
In NEAR only
1,567 positions
Shared
14 positions
In PAAA only
316 positions

Side by side

NEAR

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

72composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$5.11B
TTM yield
4.46%
Top-10 conc.
33.4%
PAAA

PGIM AAA CLO ETF

PGIM · US Aggregate Bond

81composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.19%
Net assets
$12.40B
TTM yield
4.72%
Top-10 conc.
18.0%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
81
52
Tax efficiency
51
87
Liquidity
100
67
Concentration
89
Tracking quality
NEARsub-scorePAAA

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

PAAA is 6 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with NEAR vs PAAA.

Top shared holdings

14 shared in total
#HoldingIn NEARIn PAAAOverlap
1Birch Grove CLO Ltd.0.11%0.68%0.11%
2CIFC Funding Ltd0.08%0.07%0.07%
3Battalion CLO LTD0.06%0.29%0.06%
4New Mountain CLO Ltd0.05%0.44%0.05%
5Regatta XXVII Funding Ltd.0.04%0.26%0.04%
6Empower CLO Ltd.0.04%0.60%0.04%
7Bryant Park Funding Ltd0.04%0.28%0.04%
8Madison Park Funding Ltd0.04%0.45%0.04%
9CIFC Funding Ltd0.03%0.17%0.03%
10Ballyrock Ltd0.03%0.08%0.03%
11Pikes Peak CLO0.03%0.03%0.03%
12Oaktree CLO Ltd0.05%0.02%0.02%

Only in NEAR

1,567 total
  • United States Treasury14.14%
  • United States Treasury4.25%
  • United States Treasury3.73%
  • United States Treasury3.20%
  • BlackRock Funds III2.74%
  • United States Treasury1.60%
  • United States Treasury1.47%
  • United States Treasury1.04%
  • United States Treasury0.78%
  • CITIGROUP INC0.48%

Only in PAAA

316 total
  • (PIPA070) PGIM Core Government Money Market Fund7.64%
  • CBAMR LTD1.92%
  • Regatta XXVII Funding Ltd / Regatta XXVII Funding LLC1.58%
  • ELEVATION CLO 2021-12 LTD1.13%
  • OCTAGON INVESTMENT PARTNERS 31 LTD1.04%
  • Cbam 2020-13 Ltd.0.99%
  • ELMWOOD CLO 25 LTD0.99%
  • NEUBERGER BERMAN LOAN ADVISERS CLO 33 LTD0.96%
  • RR 27 LTD0.93%
  • AGL CLO I LTD0.87%

Open NEAR or PAAA 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.