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ETF comparison

USIG vs VCIT

Both US Corporate Bond.

iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
21.0 %

2,297 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USIG and VCIT would leave roughly 21.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

USIG unmatched 77.1% Shared 21.0% VCIT unmatched 77.6%

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 USIG only
9,206 positions
Shared
2,297 positions
In VCIT only
36 positions

Side by side

USIG

iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$18.01B
TTM yield
4.53%
Top-10 conc.
0.7%
VCIT

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$70.82B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
4.61%
Top-10 conc.
2.6%

Sub-score comparison

96
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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USIG sub-score VCIT

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

Cost difference

VCIT is 1 bps cheaper than USIG. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for USIG.

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 USIG vs VCIT.

Top shared holdings

2,297 shared in total
# Holding In USIG In VCIT Overlap
1 AMAZON.COM INC 0.06% 0.29% 0.06%
2 SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.06% 0.27% 0.06%
3 SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.06% 0.26% 0.06%
4 ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.05% 0.25% 0.05%
5 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.05% 0.16% 0.05%
6 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.05% 0.13% 0.05%
7 PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.05% 0.26% 0.05%
8 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.05% 0.26% 0.05%
9 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.05% 0.24% 0.05%
10 NVIDIA CORP 0.05% 0.17% 0.05%
11 META PLATFORMS INC 0.05% 0.25% 0.05%
12 META PLATFORMS INC 0.05% 0.26% 0.05%

Only in USIG

9,206 total
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.08%
  • CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.08%
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.08%
  • T-MOBILE USA INC 0.07%
  • CVS HEALTH CORP 0.07%
  • SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.07%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06%
  • CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.06%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06%
  • META PLATFORMS INC 0.06%

Only in VCIT

36 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.23%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.08%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.08%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.08%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.06%
  • United Airlines 2023-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 0.05%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.04%
  • American Airlines 2021-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 0.04%
  • Pilgrim's Pride Corp 0.03%
  • CommonSpirit Health 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.