ETF comparison

CORPvsVTC

Both US Corporate Bond.

PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
12.9%

721 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CORP and VTC would leave roughly12.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

CORP only 96.2%Shared 12.9%VTC only 86.0%
In CORP only
735 positions
Shared
721 positions
In VTC only
4,618 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%
VTC

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

81composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$1.70B
TTM yield
5.11%
Top-10 conc.
1.5%

Sub-score comparison

59
Cost
97
50
Tax efficiency
50
64
Liquidity
67
97
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
CORPsub-scoreVTC

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

Cost difference

VTC is 38 bps cheaper than CORP. On a $100,000 position that's about $380/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 VTC.

Top shared holdings

721 shared in total
#HoldingIn CORPIn VTCOverlap
1GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.21%0.13%0.13%
2GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.10%0.14%0.10%
3BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.10%0.20%0.10%
4GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.14%0.09%0.09%
5MICROSOFT CORP0.11%0.09%0.09%
6MORGAN STANLEY0.09%0.08%0.08%
7CVS HEALTH CORP0.16%0.08%0.08%
8AMGEN INC0.09%0.08%0.08%
9MORGAN STANLEY0.11%0.08%0.08%
10JPMORGAN CHASE & CO0.17%0.07%0.07%
11JPMORGAN CHASE & CO0.22%0.07%0.07%
12GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.13%0.07%0.07%

Only in CORP

735 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%
  • SOUTHERN CAL EDISON0.57%
  • GULFSTREAM NATURAL GAS0.46%

Only in VTC

4,618 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.32%
  • Bank of America Corp0.14%
  • Amazon.com Inc0.12%
  • Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc0.10%
  • Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc0.10%
  • Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.10%
  • Oracle Corp0.10%
  • Morgan Stanley0.09%
  • Wells Fargo & Co0.09%
  • Bank of America Corp0.08%

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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.