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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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SHV vs VCSH: how they differ

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

iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SHV 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 SHVOnly in VCSH
United States of America 17.17%United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
United States of America 12.38%Bank of America Corp 0.24%
United States of America 9.88%AbbVie Inc 0.21%
United States of America 8.60%CVS Health Corp 0.21%
United States of America 8.55%T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
United States of America 8.38%Boeing Co/The 0.20%
United States of America 6.85%Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
United States of America 6.81%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 May 31, 2026.

SHV and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SHV
iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
VCSH
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it is0-1 Year Treasury BondShort-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+3.6%+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−13.9 pts−15.9 pts
Expense ratio0.15%0.03%
Holdings132999

SHV in plain words

SHV is a bond fund tracking the 0-1 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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, SHV or VCSH?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHV returned +3.6% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so SHV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SHV or VCSH?
SHV charges 0.15% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SHV 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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