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ETF comparison

AGG vs VCLT

US Aggregate Bond vs US Corporate Bond.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
6.8 %

2,818 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and VCLT would leave roughly 6.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AGG unmatched 91.6% Shared 6.8% VCLT unmatched 91.3%

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.

In AGG only
10,564 positions
Shared
2,818 positions
In VCLT only
26 positions

Side by side

AGG

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$139.94B
TTM yield
3.80%
Top-10 conc.
3.9%
VCLT

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$9.46B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
5.40%
Top-10 conc.
2.5%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
53
Tax efficiency
50
100
Liquidity
99
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AGG sub-score VCLT

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).

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 VCLT.

Top shared holdings

2,818 shared in total
# Holding In AGG In VCLT Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.37% 0.09% 0.09%
2 United States Treasury 0.05% 0.13% 0.05%
3 COMCAST CORP 0.03% 0.06% 0.03%
4 ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.03% 0.35% 0.03%
5 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.02% 0.32% 0.02%
6 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% 0.21% 0.02%
7 PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.02% 0.16% 0.02%
8 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
9 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% 0.14% 0.02%
10 BOEING CO 0.02% 0.25% 0.02%
11 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.02% 0.22% 0.02%
12 META PLATFORMS INC 0.01% 0.20% 0.01%

Only in AGG

10,564 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 VCLT

26 total
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.08%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.07%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.07%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.07%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.06%
  • Consolidated Edison Co of New York Inc 0.06%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.06%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.05%
  • NYU Langone Hospitals 0.04%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.03%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.