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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILF returned +33.4% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so ILF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, ILF or VCIT?

ILF charges 0.47% 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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ILF vs VCIT: how they differ

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

iShares Latin America 40 ETF and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILF 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 ILF	Only in VCIT
VALE S.A. 8.48%	Amazon.com Inc 0.31%
Nu Holdings Ltd. 8.25%	Boeing Co/The 0.28%
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 7.11%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 5.68%	Bank of America Corp 0.27%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 5.19%	Oracle Corp 0.27%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 4.83%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
CREDICORP LTD. 4.26%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%
Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. 4.11%	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 Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

ILF and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ILF iShares Latin America 40 ETF	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Latin America 40	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+33.4%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+15.9 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.03%
Holdings	45	2302

ILF in plain words

ILF is an index equity fund tracking the Latin America 40. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +33.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 45 positions, with the top ten at 55.1%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Apr 14, 2026 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, ILF or VCIT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILF returned +33.4% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so ILF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, ILF or VCIT?: ILF charges 0.47% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ILF 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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