ETF comparison
LQD vs VCLT
Both US Corporate Bond.
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,241 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of LQD and VCLT would leave roughly 32.3% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VCLT 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 VCLT.
Top shared holdings
1,241 shared in total| # | Holding | In LQD | In VCLT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV | 0.20% | 0.37% | 0.20% |
| 2 | CVS HEALTH CORP | 0.17% | 0.33% | 0.17% |
| 3 | PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER | 0.15% | 0.27% | 0.15% |
| 4 | META PLATFORMS INC | 0.15% | 0.28% | 0.15% |
| 5 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 0.15% | 0.21% | 0.15% |
| 6 | BOEING CO | 0.14% | 0.27% | 0.14% |
| 7 | AMAZON.COM INC | 0.14% | 0.26% | 0.14% |
| 8 | AT&T INC | 0.13% | 0.23% | 0.13% |
| 9 | AT&T INC | 0.13% | 0.23% | 0.13% |
| 10 | ORACLE CORP | 0.13% | 0.24% | 0.13% |
| 11 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.12% | 0.14% | 0.12% |
| 12 | CVS HEALTH CORP | 0.12% | 0.23% | 0.12% |
Only in LQD
1,894 total- T-MOBILE USA INC 0.16%
- META PLATFORMS INC 0.16%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.15%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.14%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.13%
- ABBVIE INC 0.13%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.13%
- PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.12%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.12%
- ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV 0.12%
Only in VCLT
1,534 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.13%
- America Movil SAB de CV 0.12%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.11%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 0.10%
- Vale Overseas Ltd 0.09%
- Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC 0.09%
- PPL Electric Utilities Corp 0.08%
- BlackRock Funding Inc 0.08%
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 0.08%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.08%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with LQD
- 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%
- LQD vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 13.6%
- LQD vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 12.8%
- LQD vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 12.5%
More comparisons with VCLT
- VCLT vs VTC · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares 22.2%
- VCLT vs USIG · iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 20.5%
- VCLT vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund 8.4%
- VCLT vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 7.2%
- VCLT vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 6.9%
- VCLT vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 6.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open LQD or VCLT at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.