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LQD vs VCIT

Both US Corporate Bond.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
33.4 %

1,058 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of LQD and VCIT would leave roughly 33.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

LQD only 73.0% Shared 33.4% VCIT only 65.0%
In LQD only
2,035 positions
Shared
1,058 positions
In VCIT only
1,232 positions

Side by side

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%
VCIT

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$69.44B
TTM yield
4.84%
Top-10 conc.
3.0%

Sub-score comparison

86
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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LQD sub-score VCIT

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

Cost difference

VCIT is 11 bps cheaper than LQD. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/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 VCIT.

Top shared holdings

1,058 shared in total
# Holding In LQD In VCIT Overlap
1 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.14% 0.18% 0.14%
2 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.13% 0.22% 0.13%
3 ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.13% 0.19% 0.13%
4 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.13% 0.13% 0.13%
5 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.12% 0.24% 0.12%
6 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.12% 0.19% 0.12%
7 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.11% 0.21% 0.11%
8 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.11% 0.23% 0.11%
9 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.11% 0.21% 0.11%
10 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.11% 0.14% 0.11%
11 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.11% 0.21% 0.11%
12 PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.11% 0.26% 0.11%

Only in LQD

2,035 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 8.20%
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.20%
  • CVS HEALTH CORP 0.17%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.17%
  • T-MOBILE USA INC 0.15%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.15%
  • ABBVIE INC 0.15%
  • META PLATFORMS INC 0.14%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.14%
  • AT&T INC 0.13%

Only in VCIT

1,232 total
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.22%
  • Bank of America Corp 0.20%
  • Citigroup Inc 0.19%
  • Citigroup Inc 0.18%
  • Morgan Stanley 0.17%
  • Bank of America Corp 0.16%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.14%
  • Capital One Financial Corp 0.13%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.13%
  • Morgan Stanley 0.13%

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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.