ETF comparison
NEAR vs VCRB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF · Vanguard Core Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
259 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NEAR and VCRB would leave roughly 2.6% 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
VCRB is 15 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/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 NEAR vs VCRB.
Top shared holdings
259 shared in total| # | Holding | In NEAR | In VCRB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CITIGROUP INC | 0.48% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 2 | ERAC USA FINANCE LLC | 0.15% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 3 | ORACLE CORP | 0.09% | 0.11% | 0.09% |
| 4 | ORACLE CORP | 0.18% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP | 0.09% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 6 | BOEING CO | 0.07% | 0.14% | 0.07% |
| 7 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.10% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 8 | BOEING CO/THE | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.08% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 10 | CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP | 0.12% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 11 | CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP | 0.11% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 12 | VISTRA OPERATIONS CO LLC | 0.09% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Only in NEAR
1,321 total- United States Treasury 14.14%
- United States Treasury 4.25%
- United States Treasury 3.73%
- United States Treasury 3.20%
- United States Treasury 1.60%
- United States Treasury 1.47%
- United States Treasury 1.04%
- United States Treasury 0.78%
- APPLOVIN CORP 0.47%
- PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC 0.45%
Only in VCRB
3,155 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.33%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.02%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.97%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.75%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.68%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.65%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.60%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
- OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.56%
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- NEAR vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 1.9%
- NEAR vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 1.5%
- NEAR vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 1.5%
More comparisons with VCRB
- VCRB vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 2.2%
- VCRB vs BINC · iShares Flexible Income Active ETF 1.4%
- VCRB vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 1.1%
- VCRB vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
- VCRB vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.4%
- VCRB vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open NEAR or VCRB 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.