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ETF comparison

SCHO vs VGSH

Both US Treasury (Short).

Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
90.4 %

86 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCHO and VGSH would leave roughly 90.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SCHO unmatched 8.7% Shared 90.4% VGSH unmatched 8.7%

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.

In SCHO only
10 positions
Shared
86 positions
In VGSH only
5 positions

Side by side

SCHO

Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF

Schwab · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$15.28B
TTM yield
3.83%
Top-10 conc.
14.4%
VGSH

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$39.49B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.77%
Top-10 conc.
13.9%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
58
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
100
N/A
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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SCHO sub-score VGSH

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

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 VGSH.

Top shared holdings

86 shared in total
# Holding In SCHO In VGSH Overlap
1 United States Treasury 2.18% 2.24% 2.18%
2 United States Treasury 1.39% 1.40% 1.39%
3 United States Treasury 1.34% 1.35% 1.34%
4 United States Treasury 1.32% 1.30% 1.30%
5 United States Treasury 1.26% 1.31% 1.26%
6 United States Treasury 1.34% 1.24% 1.24%
7 United States Treasury 1.35% 1.22% 1.22%
8 United States Treasury 1.20% 1.25% 1.20%
9 United States Treasury 1.20% 1.25% 1.20%
10 United States Treasury 1.19% 1.19% 1.19%
11 United States Treasury 1.35% 1.17% 1.17%
12 United States Treasury 1.16% 1.22% 1.16%

Only in SCHO

10 total
  • United States Treasury 1.37%
  • United States Treasury 1.36%
  • United States Treasury 1.13%
  • United States Treasury 0.92%
  • United States Treasury 0.75%
  • United States Treasury 0.16%
  • United States Treasury 0.16%
  • United States Treasury 0.09%
  • United States Treasury 0.09%
  • United States Treasury 0.07%

Only in VGSH

5 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.20%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.11%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.92%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.59%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open SCHO or VGSH at a brokerage

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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/.

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.