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ETF comparison

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
19.8 %

2,804 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USIG and VCLT would leave roughly 19.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

USIG unmatched 78.3% Shared 19.8% VCLT unmatched 78.3%

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
8,699 positions
Shared
2,804 positions
In VCLT only
40 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%
VCLT

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$9.46B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
5.40%
Top-10 conc.
2.5%

Sub-score comparison

96
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
50
100
Liquidity
99
100
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

2,804 shared in total
# Holding In USIG In VCLT Overlap
1 ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.08% 0.35% 0.08%
2 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.07% 0.32% 0.07%
3 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% 0.21% 0.06%
4 META PLATFORMS INC 0.06% 0.27% 0.06%
5 META PLATFORMS INC 0.06% 0.14% 0.06%
6 PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.06% 0.16% 0.06%
7 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.05% 0.14% 0.05%
8 BOEING CO 0.05% 0.25% 0.05%
9 AMAZON.COM INC 0.05% 0.16% 0.05%
10 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.05% 0.22% 0.05%
11 AT&T INC 0.05% 0.23% 0.05%
12 AT&T INC 0.05% 0.23% 0.05%

Only in USIG

8,699 total
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.08%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.08%
  • CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.08%
  • T-MOBILE USA INC 0.07%
  • SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.07%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06%
  • CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.06%
  • ABBVIE INC 0.06%
  • AMAZON.COM INC 0.06%
  • SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.06%

Only in VCLT

40 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.09%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.08%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.07%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.07%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
  • Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.07%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.06%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.06%

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.