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FLTR vs ICSH: Differences, Returns & Fees

On Jul 31, 2026 FLTR's duration was 0.0 years and ICSH's 0.7; ICSH charges 0.08% to FLTR's 0.14%. Net assets: $3.6bn on Oct 19, 2026 for VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF, and $9.0bn on Oct 20, 2026 for iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF.

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ICSH costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.2 points; ICSH is 2.5 times larger.

FLTR vs ICSH: Differences, Returns & Fees
FLTRICSH
Expense ratio0.14%0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026$3.6bn$9.0bn
Total return, 1 year+4.7%+3.5%
What it tracksMVIS US Investment Grade Floating Rate IndexNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

+4.7%
FLTR total return, 1 year
+3.5%
ICSH total return, 1 year
0.14%
FLTR expense ratio
0.08%
ICSH expense ratio

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Client brief · page 1 of 2Report BR-730B886C53

FLTR and ICSH 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 ICSH follows No index, actively managed.
  2. Holdings in common. 3% 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 ICSH +3.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 1.2 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 ICSH hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FLTR ICSH
Wells Fargo & Co, due May 20, 2029 0.41% 0.23%
Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2028 0.48% 0.22%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd, due Mar 5, 2029 0.61% 0.22%
AbbVie Inc, due Mar 3, 2028 0.21% 0.26%
United Overseas Bank Ltd, due Apr 2, 2028 0.24% 0.17%
Athene Global Funding, due Mar 6, 2028 0.15% 0.59%
Protective Life Global Funding, due Sep 11, 2028 0.14% 0.37%
PayPal Holdings Inc, due Mar 6, 2028 0.13% 0.13%
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY, due Jun 9, 2028 0.12% 0.21%
Nordea Bank Abp, due Mar 17, 2028 0.11% 0.15%
Wells Fargo & Co, due Jan 24, 2028 0.10% 0.16%
Georgia Power Co, due Nov 22, 2027 0.10% 0.24%
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%
Abbott Laboratories, due Mar 9, 2029 0.83%
Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2029 0.82%
Only in ICSH
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria/New York NY, due Mar 10, 2027 0.91%
BPCE SA, due May 6, 2027 0.91%
Marubeni Finance America LLC, due Aug 7, 2026 0.77%
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY, due Nov 16, 2026 0.74%
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, due Apr 13, 2027 0.72%
Northwestern Mutual Global Funding, due Mar 30, 2029 0.70%
MIZUHO BK LTD NEW YORK BRH INS, due May 26, 2027 0.70%
Toyota Motor Credit Corp, due May 12, 2028 0.68%

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On the same fields

FLTR
VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF
ICSH
iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer VanEck iShares
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +4.7% +3.5%
Expense ratio 0.14% 0.08%
Holdings 455 407
Net assets, FLTR as of Oct 19, 2026 and ICSH as of Oct 20, 2026 $3.6bn $9.0bn

FLTR and ICSH 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 ICSH

ICSH is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +3.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FLTR or ICSH?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLTR returned +4.7% and ICSH +3.5%.
Which is cheaper, FLTR or ICSH?
ICSH is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 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 ↗ICSH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ICSH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ICSH ↗

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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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