ETF comparison
VGSH vs ZROZ
US Treasury (Short) vs US Treasury (Long).
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares · PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGSH and ZROZ would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VGSH is 12 bps cheaper than ZROZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for ZROZ.
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 VGSH vs ZROZ.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in VGSH
91 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.24%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.40%
- 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%
Only in ZROZ
20 total- United States Treasury 5.55%
- United States Treasury 5.48%
- United States Treasury 5.42%
- United States Treasury 5.40%
- United States Treasury 5.29%
- United States Treasury 5.27%
- United States Treasury 5.26%
- United States Treasury 5.26%
- United States Treasury 5.23%
- United States Treasury 5.16%
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- 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%
More comparisons with ZROZ
- ZROZ vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- ZROZ vs EDV · Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 24.1%
- ZROZ vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- ZROZ vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- ZROZ vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- ZROZ vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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/.
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