Which returned more over the last year, VB or VDC?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VB returned +15.2% and VDC returned +4.6%, so VB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VB or VDC?

VB charges 0.03% a year and VDC charges 0.09%, so VB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do VB and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 22% of VB and 87% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 3% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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VB vs VDC: how they differ

VB and VDC hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and VB returned more over the year.

Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund and Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VB and VDC hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VB and VDC both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VB	VDC
Casey's General Stores Inc	0.36%	1.11%
US Foods Holding Corp	0.27%	0.74%
Performance Food Group Co	0.20%	0.66%
Bunge Global SA	0.20%	0.73%
Clorox Co/The	0.14%	0.47%
J M Smucker Co/The	0.14%	0.51%
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc	0.14%	0.50%
Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc	0.13%	0.45%
General Mills Inc	0.11%	0.70%
Darling Ingredients Inc	0.11%	0.52%
Maplebear Inc	0.10%	0.39%
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc	0.10%	0.46%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VB	Only in VDC
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%	Walmart Inc 14.76%
Jabil Inc 0.49%	Costco Wholesale Corp 12.04%
REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%	Procter & Gamble Co/The 9.27%
Astera Labs Inc 0.45%	Coca-Cola Co/The 8.72%
Natera Inc 0.45%	Philip Morris International Inc 4.66%
EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%	PepsiCo Inc 4.30%
Twilio Inc 0.38%	Altria Group Inc 3.91%
NRG Energy Inc 0.38%	Mondelez International Inc 2.69%

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.

VB and VDC on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VB Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund	VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Small-Cap	Consumer Staples
Total return, 1 year	+15.2%	+4.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−2.3 pts	−12.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.09%
Already in the S&P 500	21.7%	86.6%
Holdings	1311	103

VB in plain words

VB is an index equity fund tracking the Small-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.2% 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 Jun 30, 2026, 22% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1311 positions, with the top ten at 4.3%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VDC in plain words

VDC is an index equity fund tracking the Consumer Staples. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 65.0%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VB or VDC?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VB returned +15.2% and VDC returned +4.6%, so VB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VB or VDC?: VB charges 0.03% a year and VDC charges 0.09%, so VB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VB and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 22% of VB and 87% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 3% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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