ETF comparison
USIG vs VTC
Both US Corporate Bond.
iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
5,236 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USIG and VTC would leave roughly 48.2% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VTC 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 VTC.
Top shared holdings
5,236 shared in total| # | Holding | In USIG | In VTC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV | 0.08% | 0.10% | 0.08% |
| 2 | T-MOBILE USA INC | 0.07% | 0.09% | 0.07% |
| 3 | CVS HEALTH CORP | 0.07% | 0.09% | 0.07% |
| 4 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECH | 0.07% | 0.09% | 0.07% |
| 5 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.06% | 0.07% | 0.06% |
| 6 | META PLATFORMS INC | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 7 | ABBVIE INC | 0.06% | 0.09% | 0.06% |
| 8 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 9 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECH | 0.06% | 0.07% | 0.06% |
| 10 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECH | 0.06% | 0.08% | 0.06% |
| 11 | META PLATFORMS INC | 0.06% | 0.07% | 0.06% |
| 12 | ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV | 0.05% | 0.10% | 0.05% |
Only in USIG
6,267 total- EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.08%
- CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.08%
- CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.06%
- MARS INC 0.05%
- MARS INC 0.05%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.05%
- QTS FAYETTEV I DC1-2/TRS 0.04%
- BEACON POINT DC LLC 0.04%
- UBS GROUP AG 0.04%
- MARS INC 0.04%
Only in VTC
97 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.18%
- Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.06%
- PACCAR Financial Corp 0.05%
- Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital 0.05%
- Intel Corp 0.04%
- Huntington National Bank/The 0.04%
- Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.04%
- Huntington Bancshares Inc/OH 0.04%
- BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.04%
- International Business Machines Corp 0.04%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with USIG
- USIG vs SPIB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond Index ETF 46.5%
- USIG vs LQD · iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 42.5%
- USIG vs IGSB · iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 41.1%
- USIG vs IGLB · iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 28.8%
- USIG vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 27.5%
- USIG vs IGIB · iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 26.9%
More comparisons with VTC
- VTC vs LQD · iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 45.9%
- VTC vs SPIB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond Index ETF 42.2%
- VTC vs IGSB · iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 30.4%
- VTC vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 29.9%
- VTC vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 27.8%
- VTC vs IGIB · iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 27.2%
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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