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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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IVV vs VCIT: how they differ

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

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVV 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 IVVOnly in VCIT
NVIDIA Corp. 7.52%Amazon.com Inc 0.31%
Apple, Inc. 6.59%Boeing Co/The 0.28%
Microsoft Corp. 4.30%Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.62%Bank of America Corp 0.27%
Alphabet, Inc. 3.25%Oracle Corp 0.27%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.77%Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.59%Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.02%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.

IVV and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
VCIT
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isS&P 500Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+17.6%−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+0.1 pts−18.7 pts
Expense ratio0.03%0.03%
Holdings5042302

IVV in plain words

IVV is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% 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. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.

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. 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, IVV or VCIT?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +17.6% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so IVV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IVV or VCIT?
IVV charges 0.03% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IVV 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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