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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +3.3% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so JNK returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, JNK or VCSH?

JNK charges 0.40% 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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JNK vs VCSH: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JNK and VCSH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JNK and VCSH both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	JNK	VCSH
T-MOBILE USA INC	0.00%	0.04%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in JNK	Only in VCSH
1261229 BC LTD 0.64%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.58%	Bank of America Corp 0.24%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.52%	AbbVie Inc 0.21%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.49%	CVS Health Corp 0.21%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.42%	T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.41%	Boeing Co/The 0.20%
DISH NETWORK CORP 0.41%	Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.40%	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 Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

JNK and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	JNK State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	Vanguard
What it is	SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond	Short-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	−15.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.03%
Holdings	1198	2999

JNK in plain words

JNK is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

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, JNK or VCSH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +3.3% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so JNK returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, JNK or VCSH?: JNK charges 0.40% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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JNK 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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