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USIG vs VTC

Both US Corporate Bond.

iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
44.9 %

4,759 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USIG and VTC would leave roughly 44.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

USIG only 64.5% Shared 44.9% VTC only 54.1%
In USIG only
6,536 positions
Shared
4,759 positions
In VTC only
74 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%
VTC

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$1.76B
TTM yield
4.97%
Top-10 conc.
1.5%

Sub-score comparison

96
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
67
99
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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USIG sub-score VTC

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

4,759 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 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
5 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07% 0.14% 0.07%
6 META PLATFORMS INC 0.06% 0.06% 0.06%
7 AT&T INC 0.06% 0.07% 0.06%
8 META PLATFORMS INC 0.06% 0.06% 0.06%
9 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.06% 0.06% 0.06%
10 ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.05% 0.11% 0.05%
11 ABBVIE INC 0.05% 0.09% 0.05%
12 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.05% 0.06% 0.05%

Only in USIG

6,536 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 10.25%
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.08%
  • CVS HEALTH CORP 0.06%
  • MARS INC 0.05%
  • MARS INC 0.05%
  • BOEING CO 0.05%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.05%
  • UBS GROUP AG 0.05%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.04%
  • UBS GROUP AG 0.04%

Only in VTC

74 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.06%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.06%
  • UBS AG/Stamford CT 0.05%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.05%
  • Gilead Sciences Inc 0.05%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.04%
  • BlackRock Funding Inc/DE 0.04%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.04%
  • HPS Corporate Lending Fund 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/.

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.