ETF comparison
SPSBvsVTC
Both US Corporate Bond.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
896 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPSB and VTC would leave roughly16.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VTC 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with SPSB vs VTC.
Top shared holdings
896 shared in total| # | Holding | In SPSB | In VTC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.22% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 2 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.20% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 3 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 4 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.15% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | AMGEN INC | 0.25% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 6 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.09% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC | 0.18% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 8 | CITIGROUP INC | 0.28% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 0.14% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 10 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.21% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 11 | CITIGROUP INC | 0.42% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 12 | PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER | 0.37% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Only in SPSB
704 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC0.33%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.30%
- FIDELITY NATL INFO SERV0.29%
- LOWE'S COS INC0.23%
- HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES0.22%
- NVIDIA CORP0.19%
- MORGAN STANLEY0.18%
- MORGAN STANLEY PVT BANK0.18%
- RIO TINTO FIN USA LTD0.18%
- APPLE INC0.17%
Only in VTC
4,443 total- United States Treasury Note/Bond0.32%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.14%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.13%
- Amazon.com Inc0.12%
- Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc0.10%
- Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc0.10%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The0.10%
- Meta Platforms Inc0.10%
- Oracle Corp0.10%
- Morgan Stanley0.09%
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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.