ETF comparison
LQD vs SPLB
Both US Corporate Bond.
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond Index ETF
Holdings overlap
1,227 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of LQD and SPLB would leave roughly 34.3% 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
State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond Index ETF
State Street · US Corporate Bond
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
SPLB is 10 bps cheaper than LQD. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for LQD.
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 LQD vs SPLB.
Top shared holdings
1,227 shared in total| # | Holding | In LQD | In SPLB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV | 0.18% | 0.35% | 0.18% |
| 2 | CVS HEALTH CORP | 0.17% | 0.34% | 0.17% |
| 3 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.14% | 0.18% | 0.14% |
| 4 | PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER | 0.14% | 0.26% | 0.14% |
| 5 | META PLATFORMS INC | 0.14% | 0.28% | 0.14% |
| 6 | BOEING CO | 0.14% | 0.25% | 0.14% |
| 7 | META PLATFORMS INC | 0.13% | 0.26% | 0.13% |
| 8 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.13% | 0.15% | 0.13% |
| 9 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.12% | 0.23% | 0.12% |
| 10 | AT&T INC | 0.11% | 0.19% | 0.11% |
| 11 | ABBVIE INC | 0.11% | 0.22% | 0.11% |
| 12 | AT&T INC | 0.11% | 0.18% | 0.11% |
Only in LQD
1,938 total- T-MOBILE USA INC 0.17%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.17%
- META PLATFORMS INC 0.16%
- CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.15%
- CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.15%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.14%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.14%
- META PLATFORMS INC 0.14%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.14%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.14%
Only in SPLB
1,712 total- HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 0.15%
- WALMART INC 0.14%
- ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI LLC 0.12%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.10%
- AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV 0.10%
- SHELL FINANCE US INC 0.10%
- TRANSCONT GAS PIPE LINE 0.10%
- VALE OVERSEAS LIMITED 0.09%
- CUMBERLAND COMB CYCLE GE 0.09%
- BELL CANADA 0.09%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with LQD
- LQD vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 33.8%
- LQD vs VCIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 32.6%
- LQD vs VCLT · Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 30.6%
- LQD vs IGSB · iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 21.2%
- LQD vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 20.1%
- LQD vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 14.2%
More comparisons with SPLB
- SPLB vs VTC · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares 25.5%
- SPLB vs USIG · iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 22.6%
- SPLB vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 8.4%
- SPLB vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 7.6%
- SPLB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 7.2%
- SPLB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 7.1%
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.