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ETF comparison

AGG vs VTC

US Aggregate Bond vs US Corporate Bond.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
16.7 %

5,290 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and VTC would leave roughly 16.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AGG unmatched 81.7% Shared 16.7% VTC unmatched 81.9%

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
8,092 positions
Shared
5,290 positions
In VTC only
43 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%
VTC

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$1.62B
TTM yield
4.72%
Top-10 conc.
1.1%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
53
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
66
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AGG sub-score VTC

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 VTC.

Top shared holdings

5,290 shared in total
# Holding In AGG In VTC Overlap
1 United States Treasury 0.10% 0.18% 0.10%
2 ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.03% 0.10% 0.03%
3 United States Treasury 0.08% 0.02% 0.02%
4 T-MOBILE USA INC 0.02% 0.09% 0.02%
5 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.02% 0.09% 0.02%
6 META PLATFORMS INC 0.02% 0.10% 0.02%
7 United States Treasury 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
8 AMAZON.COM INC 0.02% 0.06% 0.02%
9 United States Treasury 0.06% 0.02% 0.02%
10 SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.02% 0.09% 0.02%
11 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.02% 0.05% 0.02%
12 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%

Only in AGG

8,092 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 VTC

43 total
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.05%
  • Huntington National Bank/The 0.04%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.04%
  • HPS Corporate Lending Fund 0.03%
  • Augusta SpinCo Corp 0.03%
  • NYU Langone Hospitals 0.03%
  • Delta Air Lines Inc / SkyMiles IP Ltd 0.03%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.03%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.02%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.02%

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.