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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBK returned +13.8% and VTWO returned +21.4%, so VTWO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VBK or VTWO?

VBK charges 0.05% a year and VTWO charges 0.07%, so VBK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 10% of VBK and 0% of VTWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 35% 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 VTWO: how they differ

VBK and VTWO hold 35% of their weight in the same names, and VTWO returned more over the year.

Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund and Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VBK and VTWO hold 35% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VBK and VTWO both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VBK	VTWO
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd	1.27%	1.12%
Sterling Infrastructure Inc	0.69%	0.76%
Fabrinet	0.57%	0.69%
TTM Technologies Inc	0.55%	0.52%
Nextpower Inc	0.48%	0.67%
Guardant Health Inc	0.53%	0.47%
SiTime Corp	0.47%	0.47%
IonQ Inc	0.44%	0.63%
Coeur Mining Inc	0.43%	0.58%
Dycom Industries Inc	0.43%	0.44%
Semtech Corp	0.42%	0.42%
Rambus Inc	0.41%	0.46%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VBK	Only in VTWO
REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 1.07%	Bloom Energy Corp 1.83%
Astera Labs Inc 1.05%	Moog Inc 0.30%
Natera Inc 1.04%	Viasat Inc 0.29%
Twilio Inc 0.88%	UMB Financial Corp 0.28%
Casey's General Stores Inc 0.83%	Praxis Precision Medicines Inc 0.27%
Carpenter Technology Corp 0.82%	FirstCash Holdings Inc 0.26%
Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.79%	Watts Water Technologies Inc 0.25%
FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.78%	Commercial Metals Co 0.25%

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 VTWO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VBK Vanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund	VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Small-Cap Growth	Russell 2000
Total return, 1 year	+13.8%	+21.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−3.7 pts	+3.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.07%
Already in the S&P 500	10.2%	0.5%
Holdings	545	1951

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.

VTWO in plain words

VTWO is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 2000. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1951 positions, with the top ten at 7.8%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VBK or VTWO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBK returned +13.8% and VTWO returned +21.4%, so VTWO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VBK or VTWO?: VBK charges 0.05% a year and VTWO charges 0.07%, so VBK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VBK and VTWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 10% of VBK and 0% of VTWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 35% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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