ETF comparison
PULS vs PYLD
Both US Aggregate Bond.
PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
36 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PULS and PYLD would leave roughly 1.9% 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 49 bps cheaper than PYLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $490/yr more in fees for PYLD.
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 PULS vs PYLD.
Top shared holdings
36 shared in total| # | Holding | In PULS | In PYLD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARES LXV CLO LTD | 0.31% | 0.34% | 0.31% |
| 2 | OCTAGON 64 LTD | 0.31% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 3 | AFFIRM MASTER TRUST | 0.15% | 0.20% | 0.15% |
| 4 | BMO 2024-5C5 MORTGAGE TRUST | 0.20% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 5 | Regatta VII Funding Ltd | 0.31% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 6 | TRINITAS CLO XVI LTD | 0.21% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 7 | JP MORGAN MORTGAGE TRUST 2026-ACES1 | 0.12% | 0.19% | 0.12% |
| 8 | M&T BANK AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2026-1 | 0.21% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 9 | SIGNAL PEAK CLO 12 LTD | 0.29% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | RCKT MORTGAGE TRUST 2025-CES3 | 0.04% | 0.12% | 0.04% |
| 11 | BLUEMOUNTAIN CLO 2014-4 LTD | 0.09% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 12 | VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA FINANCE LLC | 0.10% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in PULS
644 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%
Only in PYLD
1,721 total- UMBS, TBA 7.01%
- UMBS, TBA 6.55%
- UMBS, TBA 4.83%
- Fannie Mae 2.97%
- UMBS, TBA 1.78%
- UMBS, TBA 1.42%
- United States Treasury 1.20%
- Freddie Mac 1.06%
- REPUBLIC OF PERU 0.89%
- RD MICHIGAN PROP OWNER I 0.84%
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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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