ETF comparison
SHY vs VCRB
US Treasury (Short) vs US Aggregate Bond.
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHY and VCRB would leave roughly 2.6% 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
VCRB is 5 bps cheaper than SHY. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 the cost calculator pre-filled with SHY vs VCRB.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In SHY | In VCRB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 1.52% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 2 | United States of America | 0.99% | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 3 | United States of America | 0.92% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 4 | United States of America | 0.96% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 5 | United States of America | 1.23% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
Only in SHY
84 total- United States of America 1.96%
- United States of America 1.84%
- United States of America 1.71%
- United States of America 1.60%
- United States of America 1.60%
- United States of America 1.48%
- United States of America 1.45%
- United States of America 1.43%
- United States of America 1.40%
- United States of America 1.39%
Only in VCRB
3,409 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.33%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.97%
- NVIDIA Corp 0.75%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.68%
- Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.60%
- Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
- OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.56%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.55%
- Finland Government International Bond 0.54%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with SHY
- SHY vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 1.5%
- SHY vs GBIL · Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF 1.4%
- SHY vs SHV · iShares 0–1 Year Treasury Bond ETF 1.0%
- SHY vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 0.7%
- SHY vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.6%
- SHY vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 0.5%
More comparisons with VCRB
- VCRB vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 2.6%
- VCRB vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 2.6%
- VCRB vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 2.2%
- VCRB vs BINC · iShares Flexible Income Active ETF 1.4%
- VCRB vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 1.1%
- VCRB vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open SHY or VCRB 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.