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BSCV vs NEAR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BSCV's duration was 4.4 years on May 31, 2026 and NEAR's 2.1 on Jul 31, 2026; BSCV charges 0.10% to NEAR's 0.25%.

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Net assets: $1.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF, and $5.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF.

At a glance
−0.6%
BSCV total return, 1 year
+1.8%
NEAR total return, 1 year
0.10%
BSCV expense ratio
0.25%
NEAR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BSCV costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; NEAR is 2.7 times larger.

BSCV vs NEAR: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBSCVNEAR
Return
Total return, 1 year−0.6%+1.8%
Benchmark
What it tracksInvesco BulletShares USD Corporate Bond 2031 IndexNo index, actively managed
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.10%0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026$1.9bn$5.2bn
Holdings
Holdings in common2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026. Method

What they share

2%

By the books each fund has filed, BSCV and NEAR hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BSCV NEAR
Oracle Corp., due Feb 4, 2031 0.97% 0.38%
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., due Mar 1, 2031 0.41% 0.37%
EQT Corp., due Jan 15, 2031 0.31% 0.22%
Dow Chemical Co. (The), due Jan 15, 2031 0.21% 0.14%
LYB International Finance III, LLC, due Jan 15, 2031 0.14% 0.12%
GE Vernova Inc., due Feb 4, 2031 0.17% 0.12%
B.A.T Capital Corp., due Feb 20, 2031 0.25% 0.11%
Pacific Gas and Electric Co., due Feb 1, 2031 0.51% 0.10%
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC, due Jan 15, 2031 0.21% 0.08%
Broadcom Inc., due Feb 15, 2031 0.70% 0.08%
Broadcom Inc., due Jan 15, 2031 0.21% 0.08%
Philip Morris International Inc., due Feb 13, 2031 0.36% 0.08%
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Only in BSCV
Amazon.com, Inc., due Mar 13, 2031 1.39%
Salesforce, Inc., due Sep 15, 2031 1.06%
Verizon Communications Inc., due Mar 21, 2031 0.90%
Alphabet Inc., due Feb 15, 2031 0.83%
Oracle Corp., due Mar 25, 2031 0.82%
Orange, due Mar 1, 2031 0.82%
AT&T Inc., due Jun 1, 2031 0.77%
Amazon.com, Inc., due May 12, 2031 0.76%
Only in NEAR
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2027 12.04%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jan 15, 2029 3.76%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jun 30, 2028 3.32%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2029 2.83%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 15, 2029 1.83%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jan 31, 2029 1.42%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 31, 2028 1.30%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jul 31, 2027 1.08%
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Side by side

BSCV Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF NEAR iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year −0.6% +1.8%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) −1.2% (IUSB)
Gap to its benchmark +0.8 pts vs AGG +3.0 pts vs IUSB
Expense ratio 0.10% 0.25%
Holdings 493 1965
Net assets, BSCV as of Oct 27, 2026 and NEAR as of Oct 28, 2026 $1.9bn $5.2bn

BSCV and NEAR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-F786C8C2BE

BSCV and NEAR do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

  1. What each follows. BSCV follows Invesco BulletShares USD Corporate Bond 2031 Index and NEAR follows No index, actively managed.
  2. Holdings in common. 2% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 BSCV returned −0.6% and NEAR +1.8% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.4 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
BSCV

BSCV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −0.6% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.

NEAR

NEAR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSCV or NEAR?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSCV returned −0.6% and NEAR +1.8%.
Which is cheaper, BSCV or NEAR?
BSCV is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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