Which returned more over the last year, VBK or VGT?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBK returned +13.8% and VGT returned +35.4%, so VGT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VBK or VGT?

VBK charges 0.05% a year and VGT charges 0.09%, so VBK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do VBK and VGT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 10% of VBK and 87% of VGT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 9% 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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VBK vs VGT: how they differ

VBK and VGT hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and VGT returned more over the year.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VBK and VGT hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VBK and VGT both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VBK	VGT
Flex Ltd	0.42%	0.31%
Astera Labs Inc	1.05%	0.28%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd	1.27%	0.22%
First Solar Inc	0.34%	0.19%
Twilio Inc	0.88%	0.18%
Okta Inc	0.65%	0.16%
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc	0.74%	0.16%
MKS Instruments Inc	0.42%	0.14%
Everpure Inc	0.70%	0.14%
Lattice Semiconductor Corp	0.59%	0.14%
TTM Technologies Inc	0.55%	0.14%
DigitalOcean Holdings Inc	0.37%	0.14%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VBK	Only in VGT
REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 1.07%	NVIDIA Corp 16.85%
Natera Inc 1.04%	Apple Inc 14.59%
Casey's General Stores Inc 0.83%	Microsoft Corp 9.47%
Carpenter Technology Corp 0.82%	Broadcom Inc 4.21%
Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.79%	Micron Technology Inc 4.21%
FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.78%	Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.21%
nVent Electric PLC 0.77%	Intel Corp 2.03%
ATI Inc 0.76%	Cisco Systems Inc 1.85%

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.

VBK and VGT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VBK Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund	VGT Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Small-Cap Growth	Information technology
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+35.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−3.7 pts	+17.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.09%
Already in the S&P 500	10.2%	86.9%
Holdings	545	317

VBK in plain words

VBK is an index equity fund tracking the Small-Cap Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 10% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 545 positions, with the top ten at 9.3%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Aug 17, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VGT in plain words

VGT is an index equity fund tracking the Information technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +35.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% 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 317 positions, with the top ten at 59.5%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VBK or VGT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBK returned +13.8% and VGT returned +35.4%, so VGT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VBK or VGT?: VBK charges 0.05% a year and VGT charges 0.09%, so VBK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VBK and VGT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 10% of VBK and 87% of VGT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 9% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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