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FLTR vs GSY: Differences, Returns & Fees

On Jul 31, 2026 FLTR's duration was 0.0 years and GSY's 0.8; FLTR charges 0.14% to GSY's 0.22%. Net assets: $3.6bn on Oct 19, 2026 for VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF, and $4.0bn on Oct 20, 2026 for Invesco Ultra Short Duration ETF.

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FLTR costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point; GSY is 1.1 times larger.

FLTR vs GSY: Differences, Returns & Fees
FLTRGSY
Expense ratio0.14%0.22%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026$3.6bn$4.0bn
Total return, 1 year+4.7%+3.7%
What it tracksMVIS US Investment Grade Floating Rate IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common12%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+4.7%
FLTR total return, 1 year
+3.7%
GSY total return, 1 year
0.14%
FLTR expense ratio
0.22%
GSY expense ratio

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

  1. What each follows. FLTR follows MVIS US Investment Grade Floating Rate Index and GSY follows No index, actively managed.
  2. Holdings in common. 12% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026).
  3. One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 FLTR returned +4.7% and GSY +3.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 1.0 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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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FLTR and GSY hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FLTR GSY
Wells Fargo & Co, due Sep 15, 2029 0.65% 0.51%
UBS AG/Stamford CT, due Mar 16, 2029 0.41% 0.38%
Abbott Laboratories, due Mar 9, 2029 0.83% 0.38%
Wells Fargo & Co, due May 20, 2029 0.41% 0.38%
Toyota Motor Credit Corp, due Mar 13, 2029 0.37% 0.38%
Morgan Stanley, due Apr 10, 2030 0.33% 0.51%
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, due Jan 29, 2030 0.33% 0.51%
Morgan Stanley, due Apr 12, 2029 0.42% 0.31%
Societe Generale SA, due Apr 13, 2029 0.42% 0.31%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc, due Mar 16, 2029 0.41% 0.31%
Banco Santander SA, due Apr 15, 2029 0.33% 0.30%
US Bank NA/Cincinnati OH, due May 20, 2029 0.29% 0.38%
Only in FLTR
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, due Mar 14, 2030 1.26%
HSBC Holdings PLC, due May 13, 2031 1.08%
HSBC Holdings PLC, due Mar 10, 2032 1.06%
Westpac Banking Corp, due Jun 12, 2031 1.03%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc, due Sep 12, 2031 0.84%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd, due Mar 13, 2030 0.83%
Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2029 0.82%
SUMITOMO MITSUI FINL GRP, due Jul 8, 2031 0.76%
Only in GSY
U.S. Treasury Bills, due May 13, 2027 1.24%
U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, due May 31, 2028 1.14%
U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, due Jun 30, 2028 1.02%
American Tower Corp., due Jan 15, 2027 0.66%
Jefferies Financial Group Inc., due Sep 15, 2026 0.64%
Haleon US Capital LLC, due Mar 24, 2027 0.63%
NatWest Group PLC, due Mar 1, 2028 0.53%
GA Global Funding Trust, due Sep 23, 2027 0.53%

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On the same fields

FLTR
VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF
GSY
Invesco Ultra Short Duration ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer VanEck Invesco
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +4.7% +3.7%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured +3.7% (SPTU)
Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs SPTU
Expense ratio 0.14% 0.22%
Holdings 455 414
Net assets, FLTR as of Oct 19, 2026 and GSY as of Oct 20, 2026 $3.6bn $4.0bn

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

About FLTR

FLTR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +4.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.14% a year.

About GSY

GSY is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested, against +3.7% for its benchmark, the ICE BofA US Treasury Bill Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.22% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FLTR or GSY?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLTR returned +4.7% and GSY +3.7%.
Which is cheaper, FLTR or GSY?
FLTR is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
FLTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FLTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗GSY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GSY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for GSY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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