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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGDV returned +18.7% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so CGDV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, CGDV or VCSH?

CGDV charges 0.33% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH 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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CGDV vs VCSH: how they differ

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

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CGDV and VCSH 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 VCSH
Microsoft Corp 5.81%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
NVIDIA Corp 5.66%	Bank of America Corp 0.24%
Broadcom Inc 5.16%	AbbVie Inc 0.21%
Alphabet Inc 3.60%	CVS Health Corp 0.21%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.33%	T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.15%	Boeing Co/The 0.20%
Applied Materials Inc 3.12%	Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
General Electric Co 3.08%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%

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 VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	CGDV Capital Group Dividend Value ETF	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Capital	Vanguard
What it is	Dividend Value	Short-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+18.7%	+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+1.2 pts	−15.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.03%
Holdings	53	2999

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.

VCSH in plain words

VCSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CGDV or VCSH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CGDV returned +18.7% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so CGDV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, CGDV or VCSH?: CGDV charges 0.33% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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