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VCIT vs VGSH

US Corporate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VCIT and VGSH would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VCIT unmatched 98.6% Shared 0.0% VGSH unmatched 98.9%

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 VCIT only
2,333 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VGSH only
91 positions

Side by side

VCIT

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$70.82B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
4.61%
Top-10 conc.
2.6%
VGSH

Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Treasury (Short)

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$41.38B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
3.45%
Top-10 conc.
14.2%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
59
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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VCIT sub-score VGSH

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

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).

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 VCIT vs VGSH.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in VCIT

2,333 total
  • Amazon.com Inc 0.29%
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.27%
  • Boeing Co/The 0.26%
  • Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.26%
  • Bank of America Corp 0.26%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 0.26%
  • Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.26%
  • Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.25%
  • Oracle Corp 0.25%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 0.25%

Only in VGSH

91 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.44%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.42%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.38%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.36%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.35%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.33%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.32%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%

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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.