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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
57.8 %

2,792 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IGSB and VCSH would leave roughly 57.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IGSB only 47.9% Shared 57.8% VCSH only 40.9%
In IGSB only
1,763 positions
Shared
2,792 positions
In VCSH only
97 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
$22.34B
TTM yield
4.59%
Top-10 conc.
8.0%
VCSH

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$51.79B
TTM yield
4.45%
Top-10 conc.
2.2%

Sub-score comparison

96
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
52
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

2,792 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% 0.24% 0.16%
3 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.15% 0.14% 0.14%
4 ABBVIE INC 0.14% 0.21% 0.14%
5 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.13% 0.21% 0.13%
6 BOEING CO 0.12% 0.19% 0.12%
7 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.11% 0.18% 0.11%
8 META PLATFORMS INC 0.11% 0.14% 0.11%
9 CITIGROUP INC 0.11% 0.16% 0.11%
10 PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.11% 0.17% 0.11%
11 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.11% 0.16% 0.11%
12 CITIGROUP INC 0.10% 0.11% 0.10%

Only in IGSB

1,763 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 6.53%
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.32%
  • MARS INC 0.12%
  • MICROSOFT CORP 0.09%
  • BAYER US FINANCE II LLC 0.09%
  • MARS INC 0.09%
  • UBS GROUP AG 0.08%
  • SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO 0.08%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.08%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.08%

Only in VCSH

97 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.29%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.09%
  • Deutsche Bank AG/New York NY 0.07%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
  • Intercontinental Exchange Inc 0.07%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC 0.06%
  • Barclays PLC 0.06%
  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia/New York NY 0.06%
  • Westpac Banking Corp 0.06%
  • Morgan Stanley 0.05%

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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.