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LQD vs SPIB

Both US Corporate Bond.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
36.0 %

1,701 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of LQD and SPIB would leave roughly 36.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

LQD only 70.4% Shared 36.0% SPIB only 62.7%
In LQD only
1,392 positions
Shared
1,701 positions
In SPIB only
3,438 positions

Side by side

LQD

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.14%
Net assets
$33.11B
TTM yield
4.59%
Top-10 conc.
9.6%
SPIB

State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF

State Street · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$11.57B
TTM yield
4.47%
Top-10 conc.
7.3%

Sub-score comparison

86
Cost
96
51
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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LQD sub-score SPIB

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

Cost difference

SPIB is 10 bps cheaper than LQD. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/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 SPIB.

Top shared holdings

1,701 shared in total
# Holding In LQD In SPIB Overlap
1 T-MOBILE USA INC 0.15% 0.12% 0.12%
2 MORGAN STANLEY 0.11% 0.12% 0.11%
3 MORGAN STANLEY PVT BANK 0.11% 0.31% 0.11%
4 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.12% 0.11% 0.11%
5 META PLATFORMS INC 0.10% 0.12% 0.10%
6 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.17% 0.09% 0.09%
7 ORACLE CORP 0.09% 0.12% 0.09%
8 ABBVIE INC 0.15% 0.09% 0.09%
9 PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.11% 0.09% 0.09%
10 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.11% 0.09% 0.09%
11 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.11% 0.09% 0.09%
12 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.08% 0.23% 0.08%

Only in LQD

1,392 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 8.20%
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.20%
  • CVS HEALTH CORP 0.17%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.15%
  • META PLATFORMS INC 0.14%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.14%
  • AT&T INC 0.13%
  • PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.13%
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.13%
  • AT&T INC 0.13%

Only in SPIB

3,438 total
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.27%
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WOR 0.22%
  • GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC 0.20%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.17%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.16%
  • SALESFORCE INC 0.15%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.14%
  • AMAZON.COM INC 0.14%
  • ALPHABET INC 0.14%
  • VISA INC 0.14%

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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.