ETF comparison
VCRB vs VGSH
US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).
Vanguard Core Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VCRB and VGSH 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
VGSH is 7 bps cheaper than VCRB. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for VCRB.
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 VCRB vs VGSH.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In VCRB | In VGSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 1.02% | 1.40% | 1.02% |
| 2 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.65% | 0.93% | 0.65% |
| 3 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.35% | 1.25% | 0.35% |
| 4 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.34% | 1.18% | 0.34% |
| 5 | United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.27% | 1.15% | 0.27% |
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%
Only in VGSH
86 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.29%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.26%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.25%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with VCRB
- 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%
- VCRB vs MINT · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.4%
More comparisons with VGSH
- VGSH vs JPST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF 2.5%
- VGSH vs SHV · iShares 0–1 Year Treasury Bond ETF 1.9%
- VGSH vs GBIL · Goldman Sachs Access Treasury 0-1 Year ETF 1.3%
- VGSH vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.2%
- VGSH vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 1.2%
- VGSH vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 0.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open VCRB 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.