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IGSB vs VCSH

Both US Corporate Bond.

iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
58.1 %

2,918 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IGSB and VCSH would leave roughly 58.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IGSB unmatched 41.1% Shared 58.1% VCSH unmatched 39.8%

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 IGSB only
1,687 positions
Shared
2,918 positions
In VCSH only
81 positions

Side by side

IGSB

iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$23.38B
TTM yield
4.68%
Top-10 conc.
1.5%
VCSH

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$50.87B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
4.54%
Top-10 conc.
2.6%

Sub-score comparison

96
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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IGSB sub-score VCSH

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

Cost difference

VCSH is 1 bps cheaper than IGSB. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for IGSB.

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 IGSB vs VCSH.

Top shared holdings

2,918 shared in total
# Holding In IGSB In VCSH Overlap
1 T-MOBILE USA INC 0.18% 0.19% 0.18%
2 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.16% 0.23% 0.16%
3 ABBVIE INC 0.14% 0.21% 0.14%
4 AMAZON.COM INC 0.13% 0.15% 0.13%
5 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.13% 0.20% 0.13%
6 BOEING CO 0.12% 0.19% 0.12%
7 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
8 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.11% 0.18% 0.11%
9 PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.11% 0.17% 0.11%
10 DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INT FIN 0.11% 0.14% 0.11%
11 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.11% 0.16% 0.11%
12 CITIGROUP INC 0.10% 0.11% 0.10%

Only in IGSB

1,687 total
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.31%
  • MARS INC 0.12%
  • BAYER US FINANCE II LLC 0.09%
  • SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO 0.08%
  • MARS INC 0.08%
  • UBS GROUP AG 0.08%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.08%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.07%
  • DELTA AIR LINES/SKYMILES 0.07%
  • TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 0.07%

Only in VCSH

81 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.83%
  • Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 0.13%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.09%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
  • Pioneer Natural Resources Co 0.06%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.06%
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia/New York NY 0.05%
  • Westpac Banking Corp 0.05%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.05%

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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.