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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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PULS vs SCHB: how they differ

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

PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF and Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PULS and SCHB 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 SCHB
PGIM ETF Trust 2.38%NVIDIA Corp. 6.64%
GLENCORE FUNDING LLC 0.98%Apple, Inc. 5.82%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.87%Microsoft Corp. 3.80%
ABN AMRO BANK NV 0.75%Amazon.com, Inc. 3.20%
BX TRUST 2022-LBA6 0.68%Alphabet, Inc. 2.87%
FEDERATION DES CAISSES DESJARDINS DU QUE 0.67%Broadcom, Inc. 2.45%
BX TRUST 2018-BILT 0.56%Alphabet, Inc. 2.29%
BROADCOM INC 0.56%Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%

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 SCHB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PULS
PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF
SCHB
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerPGIMSchwab
What it isPGIM Ultra Short BondUS broad market
Total return, 1 year+4.2%+17.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−13.3 pts−0.3 pts
Expense ratio0.15%not published
Holdings5532497

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.

SCHB in plain words

SCHB is an index equity fund tracking the US broad market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2497 positions, with the top ten at 32.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PULS or SCHB?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PULS returned +4.2% and SCHB returned +17.2%, so SCHB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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PULS against SCHB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 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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