Which returned more over the last year, IYW or VCSH?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYW returned +34.9% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so IYW returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IYW or VCSH?

IYW charges 0.37% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH 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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IYW vs VCSH: how they differ

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

iShares U.S. Technology ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYW 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 IYW	Only in VCSH
NVIDIA CORPORATION 16.25%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
APPLE INC. 13.65%	Bank of America Corp 0.24%
ALPHABET INC. 7.84%	AbbVie Inc 0.21%
ALPHABET INC. 6.34%	CVS Health Corp 0.21%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.99%	T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
BROADCOM INC. 3.78%	Boeing Co/The 0.20%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.50%	Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.98%	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.

IYW and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IYW iShares U.S. Technology ETF	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Technology	Short-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+34.9%	+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+17.4 pts	−15.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.03%
Holdings	139	2999

IYW in plain words

IYW is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +34.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 139 positions, with the top ten at 63.7%.

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, IYW or VCSH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYW returned +34.9% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so IYW returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IYW or VCSH?: IYW charges 0.37% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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