ETF comparison
PAAA vs PULS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
51 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PAAA and PULS would leave roughly 9.2% 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
PULS is 4 bps cheaper than PAAA. On a $100,000 position that's about $40/yr more in fees for PAAA.
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 PAAA vs PULS.
Top shared holdings
51 shared in total| # | Holding | In PAAA | In PULS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROCKFORD TOWER CLO 2020-1 LTD | 0.46% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 2 | GALAXY XXV CLO LTD | 0.40% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 3 | TIKEHAU US CLO III LTD | 0.74% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 4 | OCTAGON 64 LTD | 0.44% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 5 | ARES XLIV CLO LTD | 0.67% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 6 | JAMESTOWN CLO IX LTD | 0.41% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 7 | KKR CLO 41 LTD | 0.39% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 8 | TRINITAS CLO 2019-11 LTD | 0.59% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 9 | TRINITAS CLO XI LTD | 0.55% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 10 | 720 EAST CLO VII LTD | 0.69% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 11 | CIFC FUNDING 2021-VII LTD | 0.30% | 0.31% | 0.30% |
| 12 | ICG US CLO 2020-1 LTD | 0.30% | 0.31% | 0.30% |
Only in PAAA
278 total- CBAMR LTD 1.92%
- Regatta XXVII Funding Ltd / Regatta XXVII Funding LLC 1.58%
- ELEVATION CLO 2021-12 LTD 1.13%
- OCTAGON INVESTMENT PARTNERS 31 LTD 1.04%
- Cbam 2020-13 Ltd. 0.99%
- ELMWOOD CLO 25 LTD 0.99%
- NEUBERGER BERMAN LOAN ADVISERS CLO 33 LTD 0.96%
- RR 27 LTD 0.93%
- AGL CLO I LTD 0.87%
- RAD CLO 25 LTD 0.80%
Only in PULS
629 total- PGIM ETF Trust 1.81%
- Phillips 66 0.83%
- GLENCORE FUNDING LLC 0.74%
- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.66%
- INTESA SANPAOLO SPA NEW YORK BRANCH 0.63%
- ABN AMRO BANK NV 0.57%
- Healthpeak Properties Inc 0.52%
- BX TRUST 2022-LBA6 0.51%
- FEDERATION DES CAISSES DESJARDINS DU QUEBEC 0.51%
- Servicenow Inc 0.50%
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- PULS vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 1.9%
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/.
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