ETF comparison
CWB vs ICVT
Both US Corporate Bond.
State Street SPDR Bloomberg Convertible Securities ETF · iShares Convertible Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
289 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CWB and ICVT would leave roughly 80.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
ICVT is 20 bps cheaper than CWB. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/yr more in fees for CWB.
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 CWB vs ICVT.
Top shared holdings
289 shared in total| # | Holding | In CWB | In ICVT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTERN DIGITAL CORP | 3.36% | 5.19% | 3.36% |
| 2 | ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING | 2.03% | 2.07% | 2.03% |
| 3 | LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC | 1.66% | 2.16% | 1.66% |
| 4 | LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC | 1.60% | 1.75% | 1.60% |
| 5 | LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC | 1.32% | 1.67% | 1.32% |
| 6 | LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC | 0.90% | 1.13% | 0.90% |
| 7 | GAMESTOP CORP | 0.80% | 0.82% | 0.80% |
| 8 | COREWEAVE INC | 0.75% | 0.95% | 0.75% |
| 9 | BLOOM ENERGY CORP | 0.75% | 1.23% | 0.75% |
| 10 | DOORDASH INC | 0.74% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 11 | STRATEGY INC | 0.72% | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| 12 | MKS INC | 0.67% | 0.80% | 0.67% |
Only in CWB
45 total- BOEING CO/THE 2.11%
- ORACLE CORP 1.31%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 1.28%
- Bank of America Corp 1.07%
- ALBEMARLE CORP 0.90%
- NEXTERA ENERGY INC 0.64%
- KKR & CO INC 0.60%
- SOUTHERN CO 0.60%
- LIBERTY LIVE HLDNGS INC 0.57%
- NEXTERA ENERGY INC 0.56%
Only in ICVT
70 total- LIBERTY LIVE HLDNGS INC 0.52%
- GAMESTOP CORP 0.44%
- MIRUM PHARMACEUTICALS 0.29%
- VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC 0.29%
- SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CO 0.28%
- INTUITIVE MACHINES INC 0.22%
- MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS IN 0.22%
- COHU INC 0.18%
- ALIGNMENT HEALTHCARE 0.18%
- MACOM TECH SOLUTIONS 0.16%
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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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