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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +18.0% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so DVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DVY or VCIT?

DVY charges 0.38% 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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DVY vs VCIT: how they differ

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

iShares Select Dividend ETF and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DVY 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 DVY	Only in VCIT
ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.30%	Amazon.com Inc 0.31%
PFIZER INC 2.22%	Boeing Co/The 0.28%
T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC 2.03%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.85%	Bank of America Corp 0.27%
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 1.85%	Oracle Corp 0.27%
ONEOK INC 1.84%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
HP INC 1.61%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%
EDISON INTERNATIONAL 1.54%	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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

DVY and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	US dividend	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+0.5 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.03%
Holdings	100	2302

DVY in plain words

DVY is an index equity fund tracking the US dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 18.3%.

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, DVY or VCIT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +18.0% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so DVY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DVY or VCIT?: DVY charges 0.38% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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