ETF comparison
AGG vs IGSB
US Aggregate Bond vs US Corporate Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
3,340 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and IGSB would leave roughly 10.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AGG is 1 bps cheaper than IGSB. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for IGSB.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AGG vs IGSB.
Top shared holdings
3,340 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In IGSB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-MOBILE USA INC | 0.02% | 0.17% | 0.02% |
| 2 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECH | 0.02% | 0.15% | 0.02% |
| 3 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.02% | 0.14% | 0.02% |
| 4 | ABBVIE INC | 0.02% | 0.13% | 0.02% |
| 5 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.02% | 0.10% | 0.02% |
| 6 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.02% | 0.11% | 0.02% |
| 7 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.02% | 0.11% | 0.02% |
| 8 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.02% | 0.07% | 0.02% |
| 9 | NVIDIA CORP | 0.01% | 0.11% | 0.01% |
| 10 | DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INT FIN | 0.01% | 0.10% | 0.01% |
| 11 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.01% | 0.08% | 0.01% |
| 12 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 0.01% | 0.09% | 0.01% |
Only in AGG
10,042 total- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
Only in IGSB
1,382 total- EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.29%
- MARS INC 0.12%
- BAYER US FINANCE II LLC 0.09%
- QATAR ENERGY 0.08%
- UBS GROUP AG 0.08%
- MARS INC 0.08%
- SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO 0.08%
- NTT FINANCE CORP 0.07%
- TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 0.07%
- UBS GROUP AG 0.06%
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More comparisons with AGG
- AGG vs SPTL · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury Index ETF 9.3%
- AGG vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 9.3%
- AGG vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 9.1%
- AGG vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 7.7%
- AGG vs IGLB · iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 7.6%
- AGG vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 7.3%
More comparisons with IGSB
- IGSB vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 9.9%
- IGSB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.1%
- IGSB vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 1.3%
- IGSB vs VCIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.1%
- IGSB vs SPLB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond Index ETF 0.0%
- IGSB vs IGIB · iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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