ETF comparison
LQD vs SPSB
Both US Corporate Bond.
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of LQD and SPSB would leave roughly 0.4% 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
SPSB 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 SPSB.
Top shared holdings
33 shared in total| # | Holding | In LQD | In SPSB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBM CORP | 0.04% | 0.20% | 0.04% |
| 2 | PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES | 0.03% | 0.16% | 0.03% |
| 3 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 0.03% | 0.16% | 0.03% |
| 4 | NATWEST GROUP PLC | 0.03% | 0.09% | 0.03% |
| 5 | BRIXMOR OPERATING PART | 0.02% | 0.05% | 0.02% |
| 6 | FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO LLC | 0.02% | 0.16% | 0.02% |
| 7 | TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP | 0.02% | 0.14% | 0.02% |
| 8 | CIGNA GROUP/THE | 0.02% | 0.11% | 0.02% |
| 9 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC | 0.02% | 0.05% | 0.02% |
| 10 | MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP | 0.01% | 0.04% | 0.01% |
| 11 | PARKER-HANNIFIN CORP | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.01% |
| 12 | AON CORP | 0.01% | 0.06% | 0.01% |
Only in LQD
3,102 total- ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.20%
- CVS HEALTH CORP 0.17%
- T-MOBILE USA INC 0.16%
- META PLATFORMS INC 0.16%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.15%
- 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%
Only in SPSB
1,566 total- SALESFORCE INC 0.56%
- AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.44%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.42%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.42%
- MORGAN STANLEY 0.38%
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.38%
- PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.37%
- SPRINT CAPITAL CORP 0.37%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.37%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.36%
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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/.
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