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LQD vs USIG

Both US Corporate Bond.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
50.3 %

3,079 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of LQD and USIG would leave roughly 50.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

LQD only 56.2% Shared 50.3% USIG only 59.1%
In LQD only
14 positions
Shared
3,079 positions
In USIG only
8,216 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%
USIG

iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.040%
Net assets
$17.62B
TTM yield
4.78%
Top-10 conc.
10.9%

Sub-score comparison

86
Cost
96
51
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
99
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Tracking quality
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LQD sub-score USIG

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

Cost difference

USIG 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 USIG.

Top shared holdings

3,079 shared in total
# Holding In LQD In USIG Overlap
1 BlackRock Funds III 8.20% 10.25% 8.20%
2 ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.20% 0.08% 0.08%
3 T-MOBILE USA INC 0.15% 0.07% 0.07%
4 CVS HEALTH CORP 0.17% 0.07% 0.07%
5 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.13% 0.07% 0.07%
6 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.14% 0.07% 0.07%
7 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.17% 0.07% 0.07%
8 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.15% 0.06% 0.06%
9 META PLATFORMS INC 0.14% 0.06% 0.06%
10 META PLATFORMS INC 0.12% 0.06% 0.06%
11 AT&T INC 0.13% 0.06% 0.06%
12 BOEING CO 0.12% 0.06% 0.06%

Only in LQD

14 total
  • INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE 0.06%
  • INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE 0.04%
  • INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE 0.03%
  • INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE 0.03%
  • INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE 0.03%
  • INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE 0.03%
  • INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE 0.03%
  • INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE 0.03%
  • INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE 0.02%
  • INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE 0.02%

Only in USIG

8,216 total
  • EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.08%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.08%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.06%
  • CVS HEALTH CORP 0.06%
  • MARS INC 0.05%
  • MARS INC 0.05%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.05%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.05%
  • UBS GROUP AG 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/.

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