ETF comparison
SHY vs VGSH
Both US Treasury (Short).
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
89 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHY and VGSH would leave roughly 87.7% 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
VGSH 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with SHY vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
89 shared in total| # | Holding | In SHY | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 1.71% | 2.24% | 1.71% |
| 2 | United States of America | 1.52% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 3 | United States of America | 1.36% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 4 | United States of America | 1.29% | 1.31% | 1.29% |
| 5 | United States of America | 1.84% | 1.26% | 1.26% |
| 6 | United States of America | 1.48% | 1.26% | 1.26% |
| 7 | United States of America | 1.28% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 8 | United States of America | 1.34% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 9 | United States of America | 1.35% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 10 | United States of America | 1.25% | 1.23% | 1.23% |
| 11 | United States of America | 1.43% | 1.23% | 1.23% |
| 12 | United States of America | 1.34% | 1.22% | 1.22% |
Only in SHY
0 totalEvery SHY position is also held by VGSH.
Only in VGSH
2 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.20%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with SHY
- SHY vs SCHO · Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF 81.4%
- SHY vs SPTS · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF 81.0%
- SHY vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 37.4%
- SHY vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 27.3%
- SHY vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 22.9%
- SHY vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 15.9%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs SPTS · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF 86.5%
- VGSH vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 39.2%
- VGSH vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 27.9%
- VGSH vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 23.4%
- VGSH vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 16.1%
- VGSH vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open SHY 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.