ETF comparison

CORPvsLQD

Both US Corporate Bond.

PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund · iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
15.0%

543 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CORP and LQD would leave roughly15.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

CORP only 94.1%Shared 15.0%LQD only 90.4%
In CORP only
913 positions
Shared
543 positions
In LQD only
2,593 positions

Side by side

CORP

PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund

PIMCO · US Corporate Bond

64composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.41%
Net assets
$1.46B
TTM yield
5.05%
Top-10 conc.
11.9%
LQD

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

85composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.14%
Net assets
$32.04B
TTM yield
4.81%
Top-10 conc.
8.7%

Sub-score comparison

59
Cost
86
50
Tax efficiency
51
64
Liquidity
100
97
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
CORPsub-scoreLQD

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

LQD is 27 bps cheaper than CORP. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for CORP.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with CORP vs LQD.

Top shared holdings

543 shared in total
#HoldingIn CORPIn LQDOverlap
1CVS HEALTH CORP0.16%0.17%0.16%
2BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.26%0.14%0.14%
3AT&T INC0.15%0.13%0.13%
4BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.17%0.12%0.12%
5BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.25%0.12%0.12%
6AT&T INC0.28%0.11%0.11%
7AT&T INC0.11%0.11%0.11%
8WELLS FARGO & COMPANY0.30%0.10%0.10%
9JPMORGAN CHASE & CO0.18%0.10%0.10%
10MORGAN STANLEY0.12%0.10%0.10%
11META PLATFORMS INC0.14%0.10%0.10%
12GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.21%0.09%0.09%

Only in CORP

913 total
  • United States Treasury2.53%
  • United States Treasury2.26%
  • United States Treasury1.28%
  • United States Treasury1.23%
  • United States Treasury1.11%
  • United States Treasury0.95%
  • United States Treasury0.93%
  • United States Treasury0.58%
  • GULFSTREAM NATURAL GAS0.46%
  • BNP PARIBAS0.43%

Only in LQD

2,593 total
  • BlackRock Funds III7.23%
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV0.20%
  • AMAZON.COM INC0.15%
  • PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER0.15%
  • META PLATFORMS INC0.15%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.15%
  • AMAZON.COM INC0.14%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.13%
  • ORACLE CORP0.13%
  • AMAZON.COM INC0.13%

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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.