ETF comparison
AGG vs VCLT
US Aggregate Bond vs US Corporate Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
2,755 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and VCLT would leave roughly 6.9% 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
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 AGG vs VCLT.
Top shared holdings
2,755 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In VCLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 2 | COMCAST CORP | 0.03% | 0.08% | 0.03% |
| 3 | ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV | 0.03% | 0.37% | 0.03% |
| 4 | CVS HEALTH CORP | 0.02% | 0.33% | 0.02% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 0.06% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 6 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.02% | 0.21% | 0.02% |
| 7 | PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER | 0.02% | 0.27% | 0.02% |
| 8 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.02% | 0.15% | 0.02% |
| 9 | BOEING CO | 0.02% | 0.27% | 0.02% |
| 10 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.02% | 0.14% | 0.02% |
| 11 | META PLATFORMS INC | 0.02% | 0.20% | 0.02% |
| 12 | AT&T INC | 0.02% | 0.23% | 0.02% |
Only in AGG
10,511 total- United States Treasury 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
Only in VCLT
20 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.13%
- BlackRock Funding Inc 0.08%
- Consolidated Edison Co of New York Inc 0.06%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.06%
- Citigroup Inc 0.05%
- BlackRock Funding Inc 0.05%
- Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd 0.04%
- Citigroup Inc 0.03%
- Electronic Arts Inc 0.02%
- Toledo Hospital/The 0.02%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with AGG
- AGG vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 6.8%
- AGG vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 6.6%
- AGG vs IGIB · iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 6.5%
- AGG vs VCIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 6.5%
- AGG vs SPMB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF 5.5%
- AGG vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund 5.2%
More comparisons with VCLT
- VCLT vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 6.9%
- VCLT vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 0.3%
- VCLT vs IGIB · iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.3%
- VCLT vs VCIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.2%
- VCLT vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.2%
- VCLT vs SPIB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF 0.1%
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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