Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or VCIT?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +21.6% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so AVUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AVUS or VCIT?

AVUS charges 0.15% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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AVUS vs VCIT: how they differ

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

Avantis U.S. Equity ETF and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVUS and VCIT 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 AVUS	Only in VCIT
NVIDIA Corp 5.49%	Amazon.com Inc 0.31%
Apple Inc 5.37%	Boeing Co/The 0.28%
Microsoft Corp 3.85%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
Amazon.com Inc 3.68%	Bank of America Corp 0.27%
Alphabet Inc 2.42%	Oracle Corp 0.27%
Micron Technology Inc 2.40%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.21%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%
Alphabet Inc 1.94%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.25%

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.

AVUS and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Avantis	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Equity	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+21.6%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+4.1 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Holdings	1875	2302

AVUS in plain words

AVUS is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Equity. 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 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1875 positions, with the top ten at 29.7%.

VCIT in plain words

VCIT is a bond fund tracking the Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or VCIT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +21.6% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so AVUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or VCIT?: AVUS charges 0.15% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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