ETF comparison
USIG vs VCSH
Both US Corporate Bond.
iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,965 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USIG and VCSH would leave roughly 27.5% 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
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VCSH 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 VCSH.
Top shared holdings
2,965 shared in total| # | Holding | In USIG | In VCSH | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.08% | 0.23% | 0.08% |
| 2 | T-MOBILE USA INC | 0.07% | 0.19% | 0.07% |
| 3 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECH | 0.07% | 0.22% | 0.07% |
| 4 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.06% | 0.10% | 0.06% |
| 5 | ABBVIE INC | 0.06% | 0.20% | 0.06% |
| 6 | CVS HEALTH CORP | 0.06% | 0.19% | 0.06% |
| 7 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.05% | 0.18% | 0.05% |
| 8 | NVIDIA CORP | 0.05% | 0.16% | 0.05% |
| 9 | BOEING CO | 0.05% | 0.19% | 0.05% |
| 10 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.05% | 0.16% | 0.05% |
| 11 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.05% | 0.16% | 0.05% |
| 12 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.04% | 0.14% | 0.04% |
Only in USIG
8,538 total- EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.08%
- CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.08%
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.08%
- CVS HEALTH CORP 0.07%
- CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.06%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06%
- META PLATFORMS INC 0.06%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.06%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.06%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECH 0.06%
Only in VCSH
98 total- Amazon.com Inc 0.14%
- Morgan Stanley 0.13%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.11%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.11%
- CVS Health Corp 0.10%
- BAT Capital Corp 0.09%
- Banco Santander SA 0.07%
- Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
- Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
- Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
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More comparisons with USIG
- USIG vs IGIB · iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 26.9%
- USIG vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 24.2%
- USIG vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 24.1%
- USIG vs SPLB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond Index ETF 22.6%
- USIG vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 22.6%
- USIG vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 21.8%
More comparisons with VCSH
- VCSH vs LQD · iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 20.1%
- VCSH vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 10.7%
- VCSH vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 9.2%
- VCSH vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 9.1%
- VCSH vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 8.3%
- VCSH vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 2.5%
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/.
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