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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPHD returned +8.6% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so SPHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SPHD or VCSH?

SPHD charges 0.30% 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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SPHD vs VCSH: how they differ

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

Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPHD 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 SPHD	Only in VCSH
Verizon Communications Inc. 3.49%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
Altria Group, Inc. 3.45%	Bank of America Corp 0.24%
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. 3.24%	AbbVie Inc 0.21%
Kraft Heinz Co. (The) 3.03%	CVS Health Corp 0.21%
Pfizer Inc. 2.99%	T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
Franklin Resources, Inc. 2.82%	Boeing Co/The 0.20%
VICI Properties Inc. 2.68%	Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
ONEOK, Inc. 2.66%	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.

SPHD and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SPHD Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Invesco	Vanguard
What it is	S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility	Short-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+8.6%	+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−8.9 pts	−15.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.30%	0.03%
Holdings	49	2999

SPHD in plain words

SPHD is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +8.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.30% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 49 positions, with the top ten at 29.3%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

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, SPHD or VCSH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPHD returned +8.6% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so SPHD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SPHD or VCSH?: SPHD charges 0.30% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SPHD 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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