ETF comparison
PYLD vs VUSB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
56 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PYLD and VUSB would leave roughly 2.1% 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
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Cost difference
VUSB is 54 bps cheaper than PYLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $540/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 PYLD vs VUSB.
Top shared holdings
56 shared in total| # | Holding | In PYLD | In VUSB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drive Auto Receivables Trust | 0.20% | 0.24% | 0.20% |
| 2 | Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust | 0.21% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 3 | Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust | 0.14% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 4 | Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust | 0.13% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 5 | Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust | 0.20% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 6 | GLS Auto Receivables Trust | 0.10% | 0.12% | 0.10% |
| 7 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.10% | 0.35% | 0.10% |
| 8 | M&T Bank Auto Receivables Trust | 0.09% | 0.31% | 0.09% |
| 9 | Bridgecrest Lending Auto Securitization Trust | 0.14% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 10 | Tesla Lease Electric Vehicle Securitization LLC | 0.17% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 11 | Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust | 0.07% | 0.17% | 0.07% |
| 12 | GLS Auto Receivables Trust | 0.07% | 0.08% | 0.07% |
Only in PYLD
1,701 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%
Only in VUSB
1,225 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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- PYLD vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 1.8%
- PYLD vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 1.8%
- PYLD vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 1.7%
More comparisons with VUSB
- VUSB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 2.0%
- VUSB vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 1.8%
- VUSB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 1.8%
- VUSB vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 1.8%
- VUSB vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 1.8%
- VUSB vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 1.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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