ETF comparison
PULS vs VUSB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
80 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PULS and VUSB would leave roughly 5.4% 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
VUSB is 5 bps cheaper than PULS. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for PULS.
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 VUSB.
Top shared holdings
80 shared in total| # | Holding | In PULS | In VUSB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NTT FINANCE CORP | 0.22% | 0.35% | 0.22% |
| 2 | AMERICAN HONDA FINANCE CORP | 0.21% | 0.34% | 0.21% |
| 3 | T-MOBILE USA INC | 0.31% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 4 | M&T BANK AUTO RECEIVABLES TRUST 2026-1 | 0.21% | 0.31% | 0.21% |
| 5 | SALESFORCE INC | 0.32% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 6 | JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.18% | 0.27% | 0.18% |
| 7 | FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES INC | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 8 | TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP | 0.17% | 0.19% | 0.17% |
| 9 | MARS INC | 0.25% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | SOFI CONSUMER LOAN PROGRAM TRUST 2026-1 | 0.16% | 0.17% | 0.16% |
| 11 | ONEOK INC | 0.32% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | GMF FLOORPLAN OWNER REVOLVING TRUST | 0.15% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
Only in PULS
600 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 VUSB
1,201 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%
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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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