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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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FTEC vs VCSH: how they differ

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

Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTEC 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 FTECOnly in VCSH
NVIDIA Corp 18.00%United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
Apple Inc 14.38%Bank of America Corp 0.24%
Microsoft Corp 9.54%AbbVie Inc 0.21%
Broadcom Inc 5.01%CVS Health Corp 0.21%
Micron Technology Inc 2.64%T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.60%Boeing Co/The 0.20%
Intel Corp 1.99%Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.66%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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

FTEC and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FTEC
Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF
VCSH
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerFidelityVanguard
What it isMSCI Information TechnologyShort-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+35.7%+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+18.2 pts−15.9 pts
Expense ratio0.08%0.03%
Holdings2822999

FTEC in plain words

FTEC is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI Information Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +35.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 58.8%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Jun 2, 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, FTEC or VCSH?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTEC returned +35.7% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so FTEC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, FTEC or VCSH?
FTEC charges 0.08% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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FTEC against VCSH, 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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