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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBR returned +16.3% and VOX returned +2.9%, so VBR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VBR or VOX?

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

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

By their latest filed holdings, 30% of VBR and 84% of VOX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% 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 VOX: how they differ

VBR and VOX hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and VBR returned more over the year.

Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund and Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VBR and VOX hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VBR and VOX both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VBR	VOX
Omnicom Group Inc	0.45%	1.38%
New York Times Co/The	0.21%	0.70%
News Corp	0.20%	0.59%
EchoStar Corp	0.15%	1.09%
Charter Communications Inc	0.12%	0.73%
Sirius XM Holdings Inc	0.12%	0.33%
Nexstar Media Group Inc	0.11%	0.31%
Versant Media Group Inc	0.11%	0.37%
Snap Inc	0.10%	0.37%
Liberty Broadband Corp	0.09%	0.23%
Paramount Skydance Corp	0.08%	0.20%
News Corp	0.07%	0.22%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VBR	Only in VOX
Jabil Inc 0.87%	Meta Platforms Inc 21.12%
NRG Energy Inc 0.66%	Alphabet Inc 16.14%
Tapestry Inc 0.64%	Alphabet Inc 10.61%
Atmos Energy Corp 0.62%	Netflix Inc 4.77%
Williams-Sonoma Inc 0.59%	Verizon Communications Inc 4.17%
Moderna Inc 0.54%	Walt Disney Co/The 3.96%
Smurfit Westrock PLC 0.52%	AT&T Inc 3.69%
F5 Inc 0.50%	Warner Bros Discovery Inc 2.74%

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 VOX on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VBR Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund	VOX Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Small-Cap Value	Communication Services
Total return, 1 year	+16.3%	+2.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−1.2 pts	−14.6 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.09%
Already in the S&P 500	30.5%	84.5%
Holdings	840	114

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.

VOX in plain words

VOX is an index equity fund tracking the Communication Services. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.9% 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, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 114 positions, with the top ten at 72.1%. It sat 4.3% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VBR or VOX?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VBR returned +16.3% and VOX returned +2.9%, so VBR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VBR or VOX?: VBR charges 0.05% a year and VOX charges 0.09%, so VBR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VBR and VOX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 30% of VBR and 84% of VOX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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