ETF comparison
PAAA vs VUSB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PAAA and VUSB would leave roughly 0.1% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VUSB is 9 bps cheaper than PAAA. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/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 VUSB.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In PAAA | In VUSB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALBOA BAY LOAN FUNDING 2023-2 LTD | 0.17% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 2 | BARINGS CLO 2025-III LTD | 0.69% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 3 | VOYA CLO 2022-3 LTD | 0.25% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in PAAA
326 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 VUSB
1,278 total- United States Treasury Bill 4.19%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.67%
- PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.58%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.52%
- Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.51%
- US Bancorp 0.50%
- Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.49%
- Truist Bank 0.44%
- Westlake Flooring Master Trust 0.44%
- DLLAD 2024-1 LLC 0.43%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with PAAA
- PAAA vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.0%
- PAAA vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- PAAA vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 0.0%
- PAAA vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- PAAA vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- PAAA vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
More comparisons with VUSB
- VUSB vs JAAA · Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF 0.0%
- VUSB vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VUSB vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VUSB vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VUSB vs MBB · iShares MBS ETF 0.0%
- VUSB vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open PAAA or VUSB at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.