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ETF comparison

PAAA vs VGSH

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

PGIM AAA CLO ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PAAA and VGSH would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

PAAA unmatched 96.3% Shared 0.0% VGSH unmatched 99.0%

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 PAAA only
329 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VGSH only
91 positions

Side by side

PAAA

PGIM AAA CLO ETF

PGIM · US Aggregate Bond

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.19%
Net assets
$13.92B
TTM yield
4.65%
Top-10 conc.
11.2%
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

81
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
98
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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PAAA sub-score VGSH

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

Cost difference

VGSH is 16 bps cheaper than PAAA. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/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 VGSH.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in PAAA

329 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 VGSH

91 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 PAAA 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.