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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCIT returned −1.2% and VHT returned +21.6%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCIT or VHT?

VCIT charges 0.03% a year and VHT charges 0.09%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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VCIT vs VHT: how they differ

VCIT and VHT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VHT returned more over the year.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Health Care Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCIT and VHT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VCIT	Only in VHT
Amazon.com Inc 0.31%	Eli Lilly & Co 14.07%
Boeing Co/The 0.28%	Johnson & Johnson 8.48%
Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%	AbbVie Inc 6.10%
Bank of America Corp 0.27%	UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.46%
Oracle Corp 0.27%	Merck & Co Inc 4.67%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 2.93%
Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%	Amgen Inc 2.87%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.25%	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 May 31, 2026.

VCIT and VHT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VHT Vanguard Health Care Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond	Health Care
Total return, 1 year	−1.2%	+21.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.7 pts	+4.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.09%
Holdings	2302	401

VCIT in plain words

VCIT is a bond fund tracking the Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Feb 27, 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, VCIT or VHT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCIT returned −1.2% and VHT returned +21.6%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCIT or VHT?: VCIT charges 0.03% a year and VHT charges 0.09%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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