ETF comparison

LQDvsVCIT

Both US Corporate Bond.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
32.5%

1,064 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of LQD and VCIT would leave roughly32.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

LQD only 72.8%Shared 32.5%VCIT only 66.3%
In LQD only
2,072 positions
Shared
1,064 positions
In VCIT only
1,238 positions

Side by side

LQD

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

85composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.14%
Net assets
$32.04B
TTM yield
4.81%
Top-10 conc.
8.7%
VCIT

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$72.04B
TTM yield
4.99%
Top-10 conc.
2.7%

Sub-score comparison

86
Cost
97
51
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
LQDsub-scoreVCIT

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

Cost difference

VCIT 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with LQD vs VCIT.

Top shared holdings

1,064 shared in total
#HoldingIn LQDIn VCITOverlap
1META PLATFORMS INC0.16%0.27%0.16%
2AMAZON.COM INC0.15%0.30%0.15%
3BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.14%0.20%0.14%
4BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.13%0.21%0.13%
5PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER0.12%0.27%0.12%
6BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.12%0.14%0.12%
7ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV0.12%0.27%0.12%
8BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.12%0.27%0.12%
9ORACLE CORP0.12%0.27%0.12%
10WELLS FARGO & COMPANY0.11%0.17%0.11%
11JPMORGAN CHASE & CO0.11%0.24%0.11%
12ALPHABET INC0.11%0.24%0.11%

Only in LQD

2,072 total
  • BlackRock Funds III7.23%
  • ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV0.20%
  • CVS HEALTH CORP0.17%
  • T-MOBILE USA INC0.16%
  • PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER0.15%
  • META PLATFORMS INC0.15%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC0.15%
  • BOEING CO0.14%
  • AMAZON.COM INC0.14%
  • AT&T INC0.13%

Only in VCIT

1,238 total
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co0.23%
  • Bank of America Corp0.20%
  • Citigroup Inc0.20%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond0.18%
  • Citigroup Inc0.18%
  • Morgan Stanley0.17%
  • Bank of America Corp0.16%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co0.15%
  • Citigroup Inc0.14%
  • HSBC Holdings PLC0.13%

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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.