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ETF comparison

NEAR vs VGSH

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
8.2 %

10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NEAR and VGSH would leave roughly 8.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

NEAR unmatched 91.0% Shared 8.2% VGSH unmatched 90.8%

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 NEAR only
1,570 positions
Shared
10 positions
In VGSH only
81 positions

Side by side

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%
VGSH

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$39.49B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.77%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
97
52
Tax efficiency
58
87
Liquidity
100
70
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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NEAR sub-score VGSH

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

Cost difference

VGSH is 22 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 VGSH.

Top shared holdings

10 shared in total
# Holding In NEAR In VGSH Overlap
1 United States Treasury 4.25% 1.16% 1.16%
2 United States Treasury 3.20% 1.14% 1.14%
3 United States Treasury 3.73% 1.10% 1.10%
4 United States Treasury 1.04% 1.10% 1.04%
5 United States Treasury 1.60% 0.97% 0.97%
6 United States Treasury 1.47% 0.96% 0.96%
7 United States Treasury 0.78% 1.23% 0.78%
8 United States Treasury 0.43% 1.17% 0.43%
9 United States Treasury 0.35% 1.15% 0.35%
10 United States Treasury 0.27% 0.82% 0.27%

Only in NEAR

1,570 total
  • United States Treasury 14.14%
  • CITIGROUP INC 0.48%
  • APPLOVIN CORP 0.47%
  • PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC 0.45%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.41%
  • Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 0.37%
  • EQT CORP 0.36%
  • AMAZON.COM INC 0.33%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.32%
  • VIPER ENERGY PARTNERS LL 0.32%

Only in VGSH

81 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.29%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open NEAR or VGSH 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.