ETF comparison
SPSBvsVCSH
Both US Corporate Bond.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,424 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPSB and VCSH would leave roughly40.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
VCSH is 1 bps cheaper than SPSB. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for SPSB.
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 SPSB vs VCSH.
Top shared holdings
1,424 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPSB | In VCSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.42% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 2 | CVS HEALTH CORP | 0.27% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 3 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.25% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 4 | PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER | 0.37% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 5 | AMGEN INC | 0.25% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 6 | CIGNA GROUP/THE | 0.21% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 7 | AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA | 0.44% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 8 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.30% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 9 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 0.38% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 10 | CITIGROUP INC | 0.24% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 11 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.21% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 12 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.21% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in SPSB
176 total- NVIDIA CORP0.19%
- APPLE INC0.17%
- NVIDIA CORP0.17%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.16%
- BARCLAYS PLC0.16%
- State Street Global Advisors0.15%
- PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES0.14%
- TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP0.14%
- NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL0.12%
- KEURIG DR PEPPER INC0.12%
Only in VCSH
1,575 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.83%
- AbbVie Inc0.21%
- T-Mobile USA Inc0.19%
- Boeing Co/The0.19%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co0.18%
- Bank of America Corp0.16%
- Oracle Corp0.16%
- Amazon.com Inc0.15%
- Citigroup Inc0.15%
- Morgan Stanley0.15%
Open SPSB or VCSH 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.