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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBK returned +13.8% and VHT returned +21.6%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VBK or VHT?

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

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

By their latest filed holdings, 10% of VBK and 86% of VHT 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 VHT: how they differ

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

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund and Vanguard Health Care Index Fund.

What they hold in common

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

Positions VBK and VHT both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VBK	VHT
Natera Inc	1.04%	0.47%
REVOLUTION Medicines Inc	1.07%	0.40%
Illumina Inc	0.36%	0.39%
Insmed Inc	0.33%	0.36%
United Therapeutics Corp	0.32%	0.36%
Incyte Corp	0.54%	0.26%
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc	0.48%	0.25%
Guardant Health Inc	0.53%	0.23%
Exelixis Inc	0.37%	0.20%
Penumbra Inc	0.33%	0.19%
Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc	0.35%	0.19%
Roivant Sciences Ltd	0.50%	0.18%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VBK	Only in VHT
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.27%	Eli Lilly & Co 14.07%
Astera Labs Inc 1.05%	Johnson & Johnson 8.48%
Twilio Inc 0.88%	AbbVie Inc 6.10%
Casey's General Stores Inc 0.83%	UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.46%
Carpenter Technology Corp 0.82%	Merck & Co Inc 4.67%
Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.79%	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 2.93%
FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.78%	Amgen Inc 2.87%
nVent Electric PLC 0.77%	Gilead Sciences Inc 2.64%

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 VHT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VBK Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund	VHT Vanguard Health Care Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Small-Cap Growth	Health Care
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+21.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−3.7 pts	+4.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.09%
Already in the S&P 500	10.2%	85.6%
Holdings	545	401

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.

VHT in plain words

VHT is an index equity fund tracking the Health Care. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.6% 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, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 401 positions, with the top ten at 52.0%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VBK or VHT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBK returned +13.8% and VHT returned +21.6%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VBK or VHT?: VBK charges 0.05% a year and VHT charges 0.09%, so VBK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VBK and VHT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 10% of VBK and 86% of VHT 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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