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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IGSB vs VHT: how they differ

IGSB and VHT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VHT returned more over the year.

iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard Health Care Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGSB and VHT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IGSBOnly in VHT
EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.31%Eli Lilly & Co 14.07%
T-MOBILE USA INC 0.18%Johnson & Johnson 8.48%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.16%AbbVie Inc 6.10%
ABBVIE INC 0.14%UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.46%
AMAZON.COM INC 0.13%Merck & Co Inc 4.67%
CVS HEALTH CORP 0.13%Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 2.93%
BOEING CO 0.12%Amgen Inc 2.87%
MARS INC 0.12%Gilead Sciences Inc 2.64%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026.

IGSB and VHT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IGSB
iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
VHT
Vanguard Health Care Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it is1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate BondHealth Care
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+21.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−15.8 pts+4.1 pts
Expense ratio0.04%0.09%
Holdings4606401

IGSB in plain words

IGSB is a bond fund tracking the 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

VHT in plain words

VHT is an index equity fund tracking the Health Care. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 401 positions, with the top ten at 52.0%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGSB or VHT?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGSB returned +1.7% and VHT returned +21.6%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IGSB or VHT?
IGSB charges 0.04% a year and VHT charges 0.09%, so IGSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IGSB against VHT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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