ETF comparison
NEARvsSHY
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NEAR and SHY would leave roughly8.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
SHY is 10 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/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 SHY.
Top shared holdings
10 shared in total| # | Holding | In NEAR | In SHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 3.73% | 1.60% | 1.60% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 1.60% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 1.04% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 1.47% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 4.25% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 3.20% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 0.78% | 1.25% | 0.78% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 0.43% | 0.89% | 0.43% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 0.35% | 1.12% | 0.35% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 0.27% | 1.18% | 0.27% |
Only in NEAR
1,571 total- United States Treasury14.14%
- BlackRock Funds III2.74%
- CITIGROUP INC0.48%
- APPLOVIN CORP0.47%
- PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC0.45%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO0.41%
- Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust0.37%
- EQT CORP0.36%
- AMAZON.COM INC0.33%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.32%
Only in SHY
80 total- United States of America1.96%
- United States of America1.84%
- United States of America1.71%
- United States of America1.60%
- United States of America1.52%
- United States of America1.48%
- United States of America1.45%
- United States of America1.43%
- United States of America1.40%
- United States of America1.39%
Open NEAR or SHY 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.