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ETF comparison

VCIT vs VCLT

Both US Corporate Bond.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.2 %

18 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VCIT and VCLT would leave roughly 0.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VCIT unmatched 98.6% Shared 0.2% VCLT unmatched 98.2%

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.

In VCIT only
2,284 positions
Shared
18 positions
In VCLT only
2,757 positions

Side by side

VCIT

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$68.65B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
5.03%
Top-10 conc.
2.7%
VCLT

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Corporate Bond

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$8.87B
whole fund, 3 share classes
TTM yield
5.87%
Top-10 conc.
2.7%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
50
Tax efficiency
49
100
Liquidity
98
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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VCIT sub-score VCLT

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Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).

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 VCIT vs VCLT.

Top shared holdings

18 shared in total
# Holding In VCIT In VCLT Overlap
1 HCA Inc 0.04% 0.03% 0.03%
2 Mizuho Financial Group Inc 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
3 Marriott International Inc/MD 0.02% 0.09% 0.02%
4 Fedex Freight Holding Co Inc 0.04% 0.02% 0.02%
5 AT&T Inc 0.04% 0.02% 0.02%
6 General Motors Co 0.05% 0.02% 0.02%
7 American Airlines 2026-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
8 Prologis LP 0.02% 0.01% 0.01%
9 American Airlines 2025-1 Class A Pass Through Trust 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
10 Pacific Gas and Electric Co 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
11 Target Corp 0.02% 0.01% 0.01%
12 Entergy Louisiana LLC 0.02% 0.01% 0.01%

Only in VCIT

2,284 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%

Only in VCLT

2,757 total
  • Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.37%
  • CVS Health Corp 0.33%
  • Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
  • Boeing Co/The 0.27%
  • Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
  • Amazon.com Inc 0.26%
  • Oracle Corp 0.24%
  • AT&T Inc 0.23%
  • AT&T Inc 0.23%
  • CVS Health Corp 0.23%

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/.

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.