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LQD Bonds — IG Corp ETF (LQD)

Bonds — IG Corp · Benchmark: Bloomberg US Agg Bond Index · Domiciled in US

AUM
$402.2B
Expense ratio
29.00%
Inception
2001-03-15
VMCI-Composite
66/100
5y CAGR
17.6%

VMCI-Composite holdings score

ValueMarkers builds the VMCI-Composite by taking the underlying VMCI score for each of the ETF's top-10 holdings and weighting it by the holding's share of the fund. The number summarizes the fundamentals of the largest positions on the five-pillar framework — Value, Quality, Integrity, Growth, Risk.

LQD Bonds — IG Corp ETF — analysis

LQD Bonds — IG Corp ETF (LQD) is the bonds — ig corp ETF that holds $402.2B in assets, charging 29 bps per year against a Bloomberg US Agg Bond Index. The fund inception date is 2001-03-15, which gives the strategy roughly 25 years of live track record on the ValueMarkers screen.

VMCI-Composite read on LQD: 66/100. The metric distills 120 indicators across each of the top-10 underlying companies into a single fund-level score, comparable across the bonds — ig corp cohort. Tilt: above-average composite quality.

Performance read on LQD: 5y CAGR of 17.6%, above the 16.0% benchmark print. Trailing 1y -35.9%, 3y CAGR 14.7%, YTD 19.6%.

LQD distribution profile: 5.10% yield, 8.6% 5y distribution CAGR. Income buyers typically weigh the two against each other when sizing positions in the bonds — ig corp sleeve.

LQD structure read: 31% concentration in top 10, Technology leading at 34%, and AAPL the top single-name position at 3.70%.

Comparison set on LQD: SPY, VOO, VTI. With three peers each operating in the bonds — ig corp bucket, the active question for the buyer is which methodology and which cost line wins on a five-year, after-tax basis.

Top 25 holdings

#TickerWeightVMCI
1AAPL3.70%41
2MSFT3.50%69
3NVDA3.65%88
4AMZN3.30%45
5GOOGL3.06%81
6META3.21%82
7BRK-B2.86%53
8TSLA2.61%61
9V2.76%83
10JPM2.61%52
11UNH2.27%58
12XOM2.02%45
13JNJ2.02%87
14PG1.92%56
15MA1.82%79
16HD1.53%87
17MRK1.48%71
18AVGO1.18%44
19PEP1.13%80
20COST0.89%72
21KO0.69%71
22WMT0.69%59
23BAC0.59%89
24CVX0.30%82
25ADBE0.20%51

Performance & income

YTD
19.6%
1y total return
-35.9%
3y CAGR
14.7%
5y CAGR vs benchmark
17.6% / 16.0%
Dividend yield
5.10%
5y distribution CAGR
8.6%

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