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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so VCIT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, EDV or VCIT?

EDV charges 0.05% 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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EDV vs VCIT: how they differ

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

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDV 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 EDV	Only in VCIT
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.82%	Amazon.com Inc 0.31%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.76%	Boeing Co/The 0.28%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.72%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%	Bank of America Corp 0.27%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.68%	Oracle Corp 0.27%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.65%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.60%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.57%	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.

EDV and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Extended Duration Treasury	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	−10.8%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−28.3 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.03%
Holdings	82	2302

EDV in plain words

EDV is a bond fund tracking the Extended Duration Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −10.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 57.3% below its high of Mar 9, 2020 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, EDV or VCIT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so VCIT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, EDV or VCIT?: EDV charges 0.05% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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EDV 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.

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