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USIG vs VCLT

Both US Corporate Bond.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
20.5 %

2,540 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USIG and VCLT would leave roughly 20.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

USIG only 88.9% Shared 20.5% VCLT only 78.1%
In USIG only
8,755 positions
Shared
2,540 positions
In VCLT only
32 positions

Side by side

USIG

iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$17.62B
TTM yield
4.78%
Top-10 conc.
10.9%
VCLT

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$10.06B
TTM yield
5.65%
Top-10 conc.
3.4%

Sub-score comparison

96
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
49
100
Liquidity
100
99
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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USIG sub-score VCLT

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

Cost difference

VCLT 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 VCLT.

Top shared holdings

2,540 shared in total
# Holding In USIG In VCLT Overlap
1 ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.08% 0.38% 0.08%
2 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.07% 0.33% 0.07%
3 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07% 0.25% 0.07%
4 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% 0.13% 0.06%
5 META PLATFORMS INC 0.06% 0.24% 0.06%
6 META PLATFORMS INC 0.06% 0.22% 0.06%
7 AT&T INC 0.06% 0.24% 0.06%
8 BOEING CO 0.06% 0.26% 0.06%
9 PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.06% 0.22% 0.06%
10 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.06% 0.24% 0.06%
11 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.05% 0.24% 0.05%
12 AT&T INC 0.05% 0.26% 0.05%

Only in USIG

8,755 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 10.25%
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.08%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.08%
  • T-MOBILE USA INC 0.07%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.07%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.06%
  • PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.06%
  • CVS HEALTH CORP 0.06%

Only in VCLT

32 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.56%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc 0.08%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.07%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.06%
  • United Airlines 2023-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 0.06%
  • United Airlines 2024-1 Class AA Pass Through Trust 0.06%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.05%
  • AT&T Inc 0.04%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.04%

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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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