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CORP vs LQD

Both US Corporate Bond.

PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund · iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
16.1 %

596 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CORP and LQD would leave roughly 16.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

CORP only 86.8% Shared 16.1% LQD only 90.3%
In CORP only
931 positions
Shared
596 positions
In LQD only
2,497 positions

Side by side

CORP

PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund

PIMCO · US Corporate Bond

65 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.41%
Net assets
$1.60B
TTM yield
4.90%
Top-10 conc.
11.1%
LQD

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.14%
Net assets
$33.11B
TTM yield
4.59%
Top-10 conc.
9.6%

Sub-score comparison

59
Cost
86
51
Tax efficiency
51
65
Liquidity
100
98
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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CORP sub-score LQD

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

Cost difference

LQD is 27 bps cheaper than CORP. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for CORP.

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 CORP vs LQD.

Top shared holdings

596 shared in total
# Holding In CORP In LQD Overlap
1 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.22% 0.17% 0.17%
2 CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 0.16% 0.17% 0.16%
3 BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.18% 0.14% 0.14%
4 BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0.25% 0.13% 0.13%
5 AT&T INC 0.16% 0.13% 0.13%
6 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.30% 0.13% 0.13%
7 JP MORGAN CHASE & CO 0.17% 0.12% 0.12%
8 AT&T INC 0.30% 0.11% 0.11%
9 AT&T INC 0.11% 0.11% 0.11%
10 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.30% 0.11% 0.11%
11 MORGAN STANLEY PRIVATE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 0.15% 0.11% 0.11%
12 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.40% 0.11% 0.11%

Only in CORP

931 total
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 2.54%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 1.33%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 1.27%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 1.22%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 1.01%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 0.93%
  • UNITED STATES GOVT 0.87%
  • GULFSTREAM NATURAL GAS SYSTEM LLC 0.46%
  • BNP PARIBAS 0.39%
  • MARS INCORPORATED 0.37%

Only in LQD

2,497 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 8.20%
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.20%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.15%
  • META PLATFORMS INC 0.14%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.14%
  • PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.13%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.13%
  • ABBVIE INC 0.12%
  • META PLATFORMS INC 0.12%
  • META PLATFORMS INC 0.12%

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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/.

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