SCSB vs SHAG: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Sterling Capital Short Duration Bond ETF

SCSBCCboe

WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Short-Term Aggregate Bond Fund

SHAGBCboe

Overlap

No data

Expense ratio

SHAG −0.21pt a year

SCSB0.33%SHAG0.12%

Avg volume · 30D

SHAG 7.9×the volume

SCSB3.09KSHAG24.5K

SCSB vs SHAG Performance

Aug 7, 2026 – Nov 9, 2026

+0.4%SCSB+0.1%SHAG

Expense ratio: SCSB 0.33%; SHAG 0.12%, better
Fund size: SCSB $32M; SHAG $66M
1Y total return: SCSB No data; SHAG +1.6%
Yield (12M): SCSB No data; SHAG 4.31%
Holdings: SCSB 149; SHAG 1183
Avg volume (30D): SCSB 3.09K sh; SHAG 24.5K sh, better
NAV per share: SCSB $24.60; SHAG $46.86
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for SCSB, SHAG, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	SCSB	SHAG
Cost30% weight	D30	A80Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	Not scored
Risk15% weight	B55Higher	C41
Tradability15% weight	D37	D39Higher
Holdings10% weight	A79Higher	B66
Durability5% weight	F15	C44Higher

Rank among Short-Term Core Bond funds

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Same Category. SCSB and SHAG are both graded against the same 12 Short-Term Core Bond funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Short-Term Core Bond⁠

Category · 12 funds

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SHAG ranks 4th and SCSB 9th of 12 funds in the Short-Term Core Bond Category.

Rank 1ABSVVanguard Short-Term Bond ETFScore 79
Rank 2AISTBiShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETFScore 77
Rank 3BAVSFAvantis Short-Term Fixed Income ETFScore 62
Rank 4BSHAGWisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Short-Term Aggregate Bond FundScore 59
Rank 5CLODIAAM SLC Low Duration Income ETFScore 53
Rank 8CSBNDColumbia Short Duration Bond ETFScore 46
Rank 9CSCSBSterling Capital Short Duration Bond ETFScore 41
Rank 10DSTOTState Street DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETFScore 37

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

SCSBCSterling Capital Short Duration Bond ETF

SHAGBWisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Short-Term Aggregate Bond Fund

In short

SCSB No data

SHAG Short-duration bonds with a twist: SHAG follows an index that reshuffles the short-term investment-grade universe toward its higher-yielding corners, and charges 0.12% a year to do it.

Stated mandate

SCSB No data

SHAG The fund seeks to follow, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Short Aggregate Enhanced Yield Index.

Why people hold it

SCSB No data

SHAG The whole idea in one line: an index built to reweight short-term investment-grade bonds toward the higher-yielding corners of that same universe, not just mirror the market's shape.
0.12% a year, well under the typical fee in its bond-fund cohort.
Roughly 1,400 bonds and monthly distributions, so the yield tilt is spread across a wide book rather than a handful of names.
Short maturities by mandate, which means less interest-rate sensitivity than a full-maturity Agg fund carries.

Worth knowing

SCSB No data

SHAG A small fund that trades thinly. Spreads can widen at the edges of the session, and small funds carry more closure risk than category giants.
Reaching for yield inside investment grade means leaning on its lower-rated, longer-dated slices, so it can behave differently from a plain short-term Agg tracker.
Core bond staples like BND and SCHZ run at 0.03%. The extra cost here buys the yield tilt and the short maturity profile, not broader market coverage.

Full SCSB profile⁠

Full SHAG profile⁠

SCSB vs SHAG Holdings

How SCSB and SHAG differ

No overlap figure

Two bond funds rarely hold the same issues.

Level by level

Sector3 Sectors73.1%
Countryby domicile88.8%
Asset classBonds100%

Sector

Sector weights in SCSB and SHAG, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	SCSB	SHAG
Securitized	SCSB +27.0 points	39.3%	12.3%
Government	SHAG +20.8 points	5.9%	26.7%
Corporate	SHAG +6.1 points	54.8%	60.9%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in SCSB and SHAG, widest gap first
Country	Gap	SCSB	SHAG
Cayman Islands	SCSB +7.2 points	7.6%	0.4%
United States	SHAG +3.4 points	84.3%	87.7%
Canada	SHAG +2.0 points	0.0%	2.0%
Finland	SCSB +1.0 points	1.0%	0.0%
Switzerland	SCSB +0.9 points	0.9%	0.0%
United Kingdom	SHAG +0.8 points	1.7%	2.5%
Japan	SHAG +0.7 points	1.6%	2.3%
France	SCSB +0.7 points	0.8%	0.1%
Other countries (17)	SHAG +2.9 points	2.2%	5.1%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

SCSB14.4%
SHAG14.9%

Securities held

SCSB148
SHAG1,180

Asset class

SCSB: Bonds
SHAG: Bonds

Holdings

Two bond funds rarely hold the same issues, so this page lists no shared Holdings. SCSB holds 148 securities, SHAG 1,180.

All SCSB holdings⁠All 1,361 SHAG holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

SCSB vs SHAG Cost

Overpaying SCSB vs SHAG

$4,217

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

SCSB 0.33%
$6,737
SHAG 0.12%
$2,520

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

SCSB 0.33%
SHAG 0.12%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	SCSB	SHAG	Overpaying
10	$598	$220	$378
20	$2,318	$859	$1,459
30	$6,737	$2,520	$4,217

Expense ratio

0.33%SCSB
0.12%SHAG, cheaper

SHAG0.12%SCSB0.33%

0.03%0.45%

Middle half of Short-Term Core Bond funds
Median 0.20%

SHAG 3rd cheapest of 12 funds

SCSB 9th cheapest of 12 funds

SCSB vs SHAG Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): SCSB No data; SHAG 4.31%
Payout (12M): SCSB No data; SHAG $2.02
Last payment: SCSB $0.14; SHAG $0.18
Ex-dividend: SCSB Nov 2, 2026; SHAG Oct 27, 2026
Paid on: SCSB Nov 4, 2026; SHAG Oct 29, 2026
Frequency: SCSB Monthly; SHAG Monthly

Distribution history

Per share, 2023 to 2026, same scale for both

SCSBMonthly · 8 paymentsAll SCSB payments⁠

SHAGMonthly · 46 paymentsAll SHAG payments⁠

SCSB vs SHAG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: SCSB No dataSHAG 2.4%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: SCSB No dataSHAG 0.14
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: SCSB No dataSHAG −8.9%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: SCSB 0.01SHAG 0.36; Market = 1

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