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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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PULS vs XLY: how they differ

PULS and XLY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and PULS returned more over the year.

PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF and State Street(R) Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PULS and XLY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in PULSOnly in XLY
PGIM ETF Trust 2.38%Amazon.com Inc 22.24%
GLENCORE FUNDING LLC 0.98%Tesla Inc 19.66%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.87%Home Depot Inc/The 5.83%
ABN AMRO BANK NV 0.75%McDonald's Corp 4.16%
BX TRUST 2022-LBA6 0.68%TJX Cos Inc/The 3.93%
FEDERATION DES CAISSES DESJARDINS DU QUE 0.67%Booking Holdings Inc 3.44%
BX TRUST 2018-BILT 0.56%Lowe's Cos Inc 3.08%
BROADCOM INC 0.56%Starbucks Corp 2.90%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 29, 2026.

PULS and XLY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PULS
PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF
XLY
State Street(R) Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerPGIMState Street
What it isPGIM Ultra Short BondConsumer discretionary
Total return, 1 year+4.2%−4.1%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−13.3 pts−21.6 pts
Expense ratio0.15%0.08%
Holdings55347

PULS in plain words

PULS is a cash and treasury bills tracking the PGIM Ultra Short Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

XLY in plain words

XLY is an index equity fund tracking the Consumer discretionary. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −4.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 47 positions, with the top ten at 69.2%. It sat 8.9% below its high of Jan 12, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PULS or XLY?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PULS returned +4.2% and XLY returned −4.1%, so PULS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, PULS or XLY?
PULS charges 0.15% a year and XLY charges 0.08%, so XLY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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PULS against XLY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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