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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and VDE returned +50.6%, so VDE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, EDV or VDE?

EDV charges 0.05% a year and VDE charges 0.09%, so EDV 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 VDE: how they differ

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

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund and Vanguard Energy Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDV and VDE 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 VDE
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.82%	Exxon Mobil Corp 21.37%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.76%	Chevron Corp 14.53%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.72%	ConocoPhillips 5.79%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%	Williams Cos Inc/The 3.65%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.68%	SLB Ltd 3.49%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.65%	Marathon Petroleum Corp 3.29%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.60%	Valero Energy Corp 3.19%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.57%	EOG Resources Inc 3.06%

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 VDE on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	VDE Vanguard Energy Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Extended Duration Treasury	Energy
Total return, 1 year	−10.8%	+50.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−28.3 pts	+33.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.09%
Holdings	82	105

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.

VDE in plain words

VDE is an index equity fund tracking the Energy. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +50.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 82% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 64.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EDV or VDE?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and VDE returned +50.6%, so VDE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, EDV or VDE?: EDV charges 0.05% a year and VDE charges 0.09%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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