ETF comparison

SHYvsSPTS

Both US Treasury (Short).

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
81.0%

81 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHY and SPTS would leave roughly81.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SHY only 18.3%Shared 81.0%SPTS only 18.1%
In SHY only
9 positions
Shared
81 positions
In SPTS only
16 positions

Side by side

SHY

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Short)

84composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$25.91B
TTM yield
3.64%
Top-10 conc.
16.2%
SPTS

State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF

State Street · US Treasury (Short)

88composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$7.29B
TTM yield
3.87%
Top-10 conc.
14.0%

Sub-score comparison

85
Cost
97
58
Tax efficiency
58
100
Liquidity
94
91
Concentration
94
Tracking quality
SHYsub-scoreSPTS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

SPTS is 12 bps cheaper than SHY. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for SHY.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with SHY vs SPTS.

Top shared holdings

81 shared in total
#HoldingIn SHYIn SPTSOverlap
1United States of America1.71%1.82%1.71%
2United States of America1.52%1.42%1.42%
3United States of America1.36%1.30%1.30%
4United States of America1.48%1.29%1.29%
5United States of America1.29%1.29%1.29%
6United States of America1.38%1.28%1.28%
7United States of America1.35%1.26%1.26%
8United States of America1.35%1.25%1.25%
9United States of America1.38%1.24%1.24%
10United States of America1.24%1.29%1.24%
11United States of America1.33%1.22%1.22%
12United States of America1.34%1.21%1.21%

Only in SHY

9 total
  • United States of America1.84%
  • United States of America1.60%
  • United States of America1.32%
  • United States of America1.18%
  • United States of America1.02%
  • United States of America0.99%
  • United States of America0.63%
  • United States of America0.37%
  • BlackRock Funds III0.20%

Only in SPTS

16 total
  • United States Treasury1.37%
  • United States Treasury1.36%
  • United States Treasury1.21%
  • United States Treasury1.10%
  • United States Treasury0.92%
  • United States Treasury0.87%
  • United States Treasury0.85%
  • United States Treasury0.76%
  • United States Treasury0.75%
  • United States Treasury0.74%

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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.