Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
BSCV vs SUSC: Differences, Returns & Fees
BSCV's duration was 4.4 years on May 31, 2026 and SUSC's 6.5 on Aug 31, 2026; BSCV charges 0.10% to SUSC's 0.18%.
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Net assets: $1.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF, and $1.3bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF.
Pair scorecard
BSCV costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.4 points; BSCV is 1.5 times larger.
| Measure | BSCV | SUSC |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −0.6% | −2.0% |
| Drawdown | ||
| Below its high | 3.1%, high on Aug 3, 2021 | |
| Benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Invesco BulletShares USD Corporate Bond 2031 Index | Bloomberg MSCI US Corporate ESG Focus Index |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.10% | 0.18% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026 | $1.9bn | $1.3bn |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 4% | |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. Method
Risk and return
Sep 24, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026 · 265 weekly returnsEach against its own benchmark: BSCV against AGG, Sep 24, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026; SUSC against IUSB, Jul 28, 2017 to Oct 23, 2026.
BSCV returned more: −0.5% to −2.4%. SUSC swung slightly less: 6.9% to 7.1%. SUSC fell slightly less at its worst: −21.8% to −22.3%.
Full scorecard
19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | BSCV | SUSC | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | −0.5% | −2.4% | BSCV | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | −0.1% | −0.5% | BSCV | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | −20.1% | −19.9% | Tie | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 7.1% | 6.9% | SUSC (slight) | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 5.3% | 5.2% | SUSC (slight) | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −22.3% | −21.8% | SUSC (slight) | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Upside capture | 115.2% | 133.8% | Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose. | |
| Downside capture | 109.3% | 124.9% | Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better. | |
| Beta | 1.16 | 1.46 | Not an edge | How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves. |
| R squared | 0.91 | 0.84 | Not an edge | Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | −0.53 | −0.60 | BSCV | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | −0.70 | −0.79 | BSCV | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Treynor | −0.032 | −0.002 | Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta. | |
| Calmar | 0.00 | −0.02 | BSCV | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
| Against the benchmark | ||||
| Benchmark | AGG | IUSB | The ETF each fund is measured against. | |
| Alpha | +1.0% a year | +0.9% a year | Not significant | Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts. |
| Alpha t-stat | 1.02 | 0.82 | Not an edge | How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance. |
| Alpha range | −0.9% to +2.9% | −1.3% to +3.2% | Includes zero | The 95% range for the yearly alpha. |
| Information ratio | 0.14 | 0.13 | Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error. | |
| Tracking error | 2.3% | 4.3% | Not an edge | How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 265 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, BSCV and SUSC hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.
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4% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
BSCV and SUSC on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BSCV and SUSC are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- What each follows. BSCV follows Invesco BulletShares USD Corporate Bond 2031 Index and SUSC follows Bloomberg MSCI US Corporate ESG Focus Index.
- Holdings in common. 4% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026).
- Number of holdings. BSCV holds 493 positions and SUSC holds 3966.
Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
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BSCV
BSCV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −0.6% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.
SUSC
SUSC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −2.0% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 3, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, BSCV or SUSC?
- In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSCV returned −0.6% and SUSC −2.0%.
- Which is cheaper, BSCV or SUSC?
- BSCV is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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How this is computed
Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.
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