ETF comparison

IGSBvsVTC

Both US Corporate Bond.

iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
30.1%

1,882 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IGSB and VTC would leave roughly30.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IGSB only 75.3%Shared 30.1%VTC only 68.7%
In IGSB only
2,724 positions
Shared
1,882 positions
In VTC only
3,457 positions

Side by side

IGSB

iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$23.46B
TTM yield
4.65%
Top-10 conc.
7.6%
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

96
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
50
100
Liquidity
67
100
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
IGSBsub-scoreVTC

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

Cost difference

VTC 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with IGSB vs VTC.

Top shared holdings

1,882 shared in total
#HoldingIn IGSBIn VTCOverlap
1GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.12%0.13%0.12%
2BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.10%0.20%0.10%
3T-MOBILE USA INC0.18%0.09%0.09%
4ABBVIE INC0.14%0.09%0.09%
5BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.11%0.08%0.08%
6GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.08%0.09%0.08%
7DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INT FIN0.11%0.08%0.08%
8AMGEN INC0.10%0.08%0.08%
9JPMORGAN CHASE & CO0.08%0.08%0.08%
10MORGAN STANLEY0.07%0.08%0.07%
11MORGAN STANLEY0.09%0.07%0.07%
12CITIGROUP INC0.09%0.07%0.07%

Only in IGSB

2,724 total
  • BlackRock Funds III6.21%
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL0.31%
  • MARS INC0.12%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.10%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY0.10%
  • MORGAN STANLEY0.09%
  • BAYER US FINANCE II LLC0.09%
  • MORGAN STANLEY0.09%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO0.08%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.08%

Only in VTC

3,457 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.32%
  • Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.14%
  • 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%
  • Meta Platforms Inc0.10%
  • Oracle Corp0.10%
  • Morgan Stanley0.09%
  • Microsoft Corp0.09%

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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.