ETF comparison
LQD vs SCHI
Both US Corporate Bond.
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
1,057 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of LQD and SCHI would leave roughly 34.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCHI is 11 bps cheaper than LQD. On a $100,000 position that's about $110/yr more in fees for LQD.
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 LQD vs SCHI.
Top shared holdings
1,057 shared in total| # | Holding | In LQD | In SCHI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | META PLATFORMS INC | 0.16% | 0.29% | 0.16% |
| 2 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.15% | 0.27% | 0.15% |
| 3 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.14% | 0.23% | 0.14% |
| 4 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.13% | 0.17% | 0.13% |
| 5 | PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER | 0.12% | 0.23% | 0.12% |
| 6 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.12% | 0.23% | 0.12% |
| 7 | ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV | 0.12% | 0.24% | 0.12% |
| 8 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.12% | 0.24% | 0.12% |
| 9 | ORACLE CORP | 0.12% | 0.22% | 0.12% |
| 10 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.11% | 0.16% | 0.11% |
| 11 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 0.11% | 0.21% | 0.11% |
| 12 | ALPHABET INC | 0.11% | 0.19% | 0.11% |
Only in LQD
2,078 total- ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.20%
- CVS HEALTH CORP 0.17%
- T-MOBILE USA INC 0.16%
- PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.15%
- META PLATFORMS INC 0.15%
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.15%
- BOEING CO 0.14%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.14%
- AT&T INC 0.13%
- AT&T INC 0.13%
Only in SCHI
1,288 total- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.19%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.17%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.17%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.15%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.14%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.14%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.14%
- MORGAN STANLEY 0.12%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.12%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.12%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with LQD
- LQD vs IGIB · iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 34.5%
- LQD vs VCIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 32.5%
- LQD vs VCLT · Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 32.3%
- LQD vs IGSB · iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 20.7%
- LQD vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 19.4%
- LQD vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund 15.0%
More comparisons with SCHI
- SCHI vs VTC · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares 27.9%
- SCHI vs USIG · iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 22.0%
- SCHI vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund 11.5%
- SCHI vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 7.0%
- SCHI vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 6.7%
- SCHI vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 6.6%
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/.
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