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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHF returned +25.4% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so SCHF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SCHF or VCIT?

SCHF charges 0.03% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so SCHF 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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SCHF vs VCIT: how they differ

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

Schwab International Equity ETF and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHF 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 SCHF	Only in VCIT
SK hynix Inc 2.83%	Amazon.com Inc 0.31%
ASML Holding NV 2.12%	Boeing Co/The 0.28%
HSBC Holdings PLC 1.09%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
Novartis AG 0.98%	Bank of America Corp 0.27%
AstraZeneca PLC 0.94%	Oracle Corp 0.27%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.91%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
Nestle SA 0.88%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%
Shell PLC 0.81%	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 May 31, 2026.

SCHF and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SCHF Schwab International Equity ETF	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Schwab	Vanguard
What it is	International Equity	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+25.4%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+8.0 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Holdings	1476	2302

SCHF in plain words

SCHF is an index equity fund tracking the International Equity. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +25.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1476 positions, with the top ten at 14.9%.

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, SCHF or VCIT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHF returned +25.4% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so SCHF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SCHF or VCIT?: SCHF charges 0.03% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so SCHF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SCHF 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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