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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBR returned +16.3% and VDC returned +4.6%, so VBR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VBR or VDC?

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

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

By their latest filed holdings, 30% of VBR and 87% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 4% 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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VBR vs VDC: how they differ

VBR and VDC hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and VBR returned more over the year.

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VBR and VDC hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VBR and VDC both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VBR	VDC
US Foods Holding Corp	0.48%	0.74%
Performance Food Group Co	0.36%	0.66%
Bunge Global SA	0.36%	0.73%
Clorox Co/The	0.25%	0.47%
J M Smucker Co/The	0.24%	0.51%
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc	0.24%	0.50%
General Mills Inc	0.20%	0.70%
Hormel Foods Corp	0.16%	0.39%
Brown-Forman Corp	0.16%	0.29%
Conagra Brands Inc	0.14%	0.32%
McCormick & Co Inc/MD	0.14%	0.46%
Molson Coors Beverage Co	0.13%	0.34%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VBR	Only in VDC
Jabil Inc 0.87%	Walmart Inc 14.76%
NRG Energy Inc 0.66%	Costco Wholesale Corp 12.04%
Tapestry Inc 0.64%	Procter & Gamble Co/The 9.27%
Atmos Energy Corp 0.62%	Coca-Cola Co/The 8.72%
Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.59%	Philip Morris International Inc 4.66%
Moderna Inc 0.54%	PepsiCo Inc 4.30%
Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.52%	Altria Group Inc 3.91%
F5 Inc 0.50%	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.

VBR and VDC on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VBR Vanguard Small-Cap Value 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 Value	Consumer Staples
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+4.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−1.2 pts	−12.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.09%
Already in the S&P 500	30.5%	86.6%
Holdings	840	103

VBR in plain words

VBR is an index equity fund tracking the Small-Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +16.3% 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, 30% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 840 positions, with the top ten at 5.9%. It sat 3.8% 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, VBR or VDC?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBR returned +16.3% and VDC returned +4.6%, so VBR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VBR or VDC?: VBR charges 0.05% a year and VDC charges 0.09%, so VBR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VBR and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 30% of VBR and 87% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 4% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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