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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGDV returned +18.7% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so CGDV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, CGDV or VCIT?

CGDV charges 0.33% 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.

ETFIQetfiq.com · independent ETF data

CGDV vs VCIT: how they differ

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

Capital Group Dividend Value ETF and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGDV 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 CGDV	Only in VCIT
Microsoft Corp 5.81%	Amazon.com Inc 0.31%
NVIDIA Corp 5.66%	Boeing Co/The 0.28%
Broadcom Inc 5.16%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
Alphabet Inc 3.60%	Bank of America Corp 0.27%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.33%	Oracle Corp 0.27%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.15%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
Applied Materials Inc 3.12%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%
General Electric Co 3.08%	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.

CGDV and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	CGDV Capital Group Dividend Value ETF	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Capital	Vanguard
What it is	Dividend Value	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+18.7%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+1.2 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.03%
Holdings	53	2302

CGDV in plain words

CGDV is an index equity fund tracking the Dividend Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +18.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 53 positions, with the top ten at 38.8%. It sat 4.0% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

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, CGDV or VCIT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGDV returned +18.7% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so CGDV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, CGDV or VCIT?: CGDV charges 0.33% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Other comparisons

Where to next

Where these figures came from

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.

CGDV against VCIT, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, CGDV against VCIT, data as of Sep 12, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/CGDV-VCIT Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

A comparison is not a recommendation. Standards and sources