ETF comparison
SCHO vs SPTS
Both US Treasury (Short).
Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF
Holdings overlap
93 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHO and SPTS would leave roughly 90.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
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 SCHO vs SPTS.
Top shared holdings
93 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCHO | In SPTS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 2.22% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 1.38% | 1.31% | 1.31% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 1.29% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 1.22% | 1.34% | 1.22% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 1.22% | 1.29% | 1.22% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 1.22% | 1.21% | 1.21% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 1.37% | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 1.18% | 1.23% | 1.18% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 1.17% | 1.26% | 1.17% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 1.17% | 1.47% | 1.17% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 1.17% | 1.25% | 1.17% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 1.17% | 1.22% | 1.17% |
Only in SCHO
4 total- United States Treasury 1.37%
- United States Treasury 1.11%
- United States Treasury 1.00%
- United States Treasury 0.43%
Only in SPTS
4 total- United States Treasury 1.27%
- United States Treasury 1.21%
- United States Treasury 0.80%
- United States Treasury 0.70%
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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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