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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 VONG: how they differ

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

iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGSB and VONG 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 VONG
EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO SARL 0.31%NVIDIA Corp 13.09%
T-MOBILE USA INC 0.18%Apple Inc 11.97%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.16%Microsoft Corp 8.98%
ABBVIE INC 0.14%Broadcom Inc 5.78%
AMAZON.COM INC 0.13%Amazon.com Inc 5.07%
CVS HEALTH CORP 0.13%Alphabet Inc 3.91%
BOEING CO 0.12%Tesla Inc 3.48%
MARS INC 0.12%Meta Platforms Inc 3.20%

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 VONG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IGSB
iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
VONG
Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it is1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate BondRussell 1000 Growth
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+7.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−15.8 pts−10.3 pts
Expense ratio0.04%0.07%
Holdings4606387

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.

VONG in plain words

VONG is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 1000 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +7.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 387 positions, with the top ten at 61.3%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Jun 1, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGSB or VONG?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGSB returned +1.7% and VONG returned +7.2%, so VONG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IGSB or VONG?
IGSB charges 0.04% a year and VONG charges 0.07%, so IGSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IGSB against VONG, 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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