Which returned more over the last year, BSV or VO?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and VO returned +12.0%, so VO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or VO?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and VO charges 0.03%, so BSV 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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BSV vs VO: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and VO 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 BSV	Only in VO
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	Vertiv Holdings Co 1.23%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	Western Digital Corp 1.07%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.05%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	Quanta Services Inc 1.05%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.04%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Cummins Inc 0.95%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	Datadog Inc 0.84%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	Bloom Energy Corp 0.79%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

BSV and VO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	VO Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Short-Term Bond	Mid-Cap
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+12.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	−5.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Holdings	3185	282

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% 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.

VO in plain words

VO is an index equity fund tracking the Mid-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or VO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and VO returned +12.0%, so VO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or VO?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and VO charges 0.03%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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