ETF comparison
SPSB vs VCIT
Both US Corporate Bond.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
13 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPSB and VCIT would leave roughly 0.0% 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
VCIT is 1 bps cheaper than SPSB. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for SPSB.
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 SPSB vs VCIT.
Top shared holdings
13 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPSB | In VCIT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ORIX CORP | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 2 | WELLTOWER OP LLC | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 3 | ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE E | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 4 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.42% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 5 | ASSURANT INC | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 6 | ENSTAR GROUP LTD | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 7 | UDR INC | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 8 | ELEVANCE HEALTH INC | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 9 | GLAXOSMITHKLINE CAP INC | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 10 | PROLOGIS LP | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 11 | BORGWARNER INC | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 12 | TOYOTA MOTOR CREDIT CORP | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in SPSB
1,586 total- SALESFORCE INC 0.56%
- AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.44%
- 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%
- AMAZON.COM INC 0.35%
Only in VCIT
2,289 total- Amazon.com Inc 0.30%
- Boeing Co/The 0.28%
- Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%
- Bank of America Corp 0.27%
- Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
- Oracle Corp 0.27%
- Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.27%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.25%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.24%
- Alphabet Inc 0.24%
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- SPSB vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SPSB vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 40.3%
- SPSB vs IGSB · iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 34.1%
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- VCIT vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond ETF 0.0%
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- VCIT vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VCIT vs SCHI · Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF 78.3%
- VCIT vs IGIB · iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 67.3%
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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