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ETF comparison

AGG vs VCSH

US Aggregate Bond vs US Corporate Bond.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
9.1 %

3,034 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and VCSH would leave roughly 9.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AGG unmatched 89.3% Shared 9.1% VCSH unmatched 89.6%

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
10,348 positions
Shared
3,034 positions
In VCSH only
29 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%
VCSH

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$52.92B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
4.16%
Top-10 conc.
1.9%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
53
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AGG sub-score VCSH

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 VCSH.

Top shared holdings

3,034 shared in total
# Holding In AGG In VCSH Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.10% 0.05% 0.05%
2 T-MOBILE USA INC 0.02% 0.19% 0.02%
3 SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.02% 0.22% 0.02%
4 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.02% 0.23% 0.02%
5 ABBVIE INC 0.02% 0.20% 0.02%
6 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% 0.10% 0.02%
7 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% 0.14% 0.02%
8 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.02% 0.16% 0.02%
9 MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% 0.11% 0.02%
10 NVIDIA CORP 0.01% 0.16% 0.01%
11 DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INT FIN 0.01% 0.12% 0.01%
12 MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% 0.15% 0.01%

Only in AGG

10,348 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 VCSH

29 total
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.06%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.06%
  • Westpac Banking Corp 0.05%
  • Blackrock Finance Inc 0.05%
  • Blackrock Finance Inc 0.03%
  • HPS Corporate Lending Fund 0.03%
  • Pinnacle Bank/Nashville TN 0.03%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.03%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.03%
  • Augusta SpinCo Corp 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.