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FLOT vs GSST: Differences, Returns & Fees

FLOT's duration was 0.0 years on Jul 31, 2026 and GSST's 0.5 on May 31, 2026; FLOT charges 0.15% to GSST's 0.16%. Net assets: $11.5bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF, and $1.7bn on Oct 19, 2026 for Goldman Sachs Ultra Short Bond ETF.

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FLOT costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; FLOT is 6.6 times larger.

FLOT vs GSST: Differences, Returns & Fees
FLOTGSST
Expense ratio0.15%0.16%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026$11.5bn$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year+4.3%+3.9%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQNo index, actively managed
Holdings in commonreport dates differ

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

+4.3%
FLOT total return, 1 year
+3.9%
GSST total return, 1 year
0.15%
FLOT expense ratio
0.16%
GSST expense ratio

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FLOT and GSST are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. FLOT follows not read by ETFIQ and GSST follows No index, actively managed.
  2. Size. FLOT has $11.5bn in net assets and GSST $1.7bn (net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026); FLOT is 6.8 times larger.
  3. One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 FLOT returned +4.3% and GSST +3.9% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.4 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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On the same fields

FLOT
iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF
GSST
Goldman Sachs Ultra Short Bond ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer iShares Goldman Sachs
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +4.3% +3.9%
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.16%
Holdings 557 357
Net assets, FLOT as of Oct 20, 2026 and GSST as of Oct 19, 2026 $11.5bn $1.7bn

FLOT and GSST on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FLOT

FLOT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +4.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

About GSST

GSST is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +3.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FLOT or GSST?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLOT returned +4.3% and GSST +3.9%.
Which is cheaper, FLOT or GSST?
FLOT is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
FLOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FLOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for FLOT ↗GSST filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GSST prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Goldman Sachs website ↗

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