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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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VBIL vs VWO: how they differ

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

Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VBIL and VWO 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 VBILOnly in VWO
United States Treasury Bill 6.78%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 14.73%
United States Treasury Bill 6.10%Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.28%
United States Treasury Bill 5.61%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%
United States Treasury Bill 5.41%Delta Electronics Inc 1.18%
United States Treasury Bill 5.18%MediaTek Inc 1.07%
United States Treasury Bill 5.17%Reliance Industries Ltd 0.90%
United States Treasury Bill 5.15%HDFC Bank Ltd 0.81%
United States Treasury Bill 5.13%Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.75%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

VBIL and VWO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
VBIL
Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF
VWO
Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerVanguardVanguard
What it is0-3 Month Treasury BillEmerging markets
Total return, 1 year+3.8%+15.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−13.7 pts−1.9 pts
Expense ratio0.06%0.06%
Holdings266355

VBIL in plain words

VBIL is a cash and treasury bills tracking the 0-3 Month Treasury Bill. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year.

VWO in plain words

VWO is an index equity fund tracking the Emerging markets. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6355 positions, with the top ten at 26.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VBIL or VWO?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBIL returned +3.8% and VWO returned +15.6%, so VWO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VBIL or VWO?
VBIL charges 0.06% a year and VWO charges 0.06%, so VBIL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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VBIL against VWO, 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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