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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

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
27.1 %

2,824 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USIG and VCSH would leave roughly 27.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

USIG only 82.2% Shared 27.1% VCSH only 71.5%
In USIG only
8,471 positions
Shared
2,824 positions
In VCSH only
65 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%
VCSH

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$51.79B
TTM yield
4.45%
Top-10 conc.
2.2%

Sub-score comparison

96
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
100
99
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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USIG sub-score VCSH

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

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

2,824 shared in total
# Holding In USIG In VCSH Overlap
1 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.08% 0.24% 0.08%
2 T-MOBILE USA INC 0.07% 0.19% 0.07%
3 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07% 0.14% 0.07%
4 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.06% 0.18% 0.06%
5 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.06% 0.21% 0.06%
6 ABBVIE INC 0.05% 0.21% 0.05%
7 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.05% 0.14% 0.05%
8 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.05% 0.16% 0.05%
9 BOEING CO 0.05% 0.19% 0.05%
10 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.05% 0.13% 0.05%
11 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.04% 0.16% 0.04%
12 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.04% 0.05% 0.04%

Only in USIG

8,471 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 10.25%
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.08%
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.08%
  • CVS HEALTH CORP 0.07%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.07%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06%
  • META PLATFORMS INC 0.06%
  • META PLATFORMS INC 0.06%
  • AT&T INC 0.06%

Only in VCSH

65 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.29%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.09%
  • Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY 0.07%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.06%
  • Barclays PLC 0.06%
  • S&P Global Inc 0.06%
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia/New York NY 0.06%
  • Westpac Banking Corp 0.06%

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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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