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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCIT returned −1.2% and VOOG returned +17.8%, so VOOG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCIT or VOOG?

VCIT charges 0.03% a year and VOOG charges 0.05%, 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 VOOG: how they differ

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

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCIT and VOOG 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 VOOG
Amazon.com Inc 0.31%	NVIDIA Corp 14.29%
Boeing Co/The 0.28%	Microsoft Corp 9.31%
Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%	Apple Inc 6.38%
Bank of America Corp 0.27%	Alphabet Inc 6.17%
Oracle Corp 0.27%	Broadcom Inc 5.90%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%	Alphabet Inc 4.90%
Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%	Amazon.com Inc 3.90%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.25%	Meta Platforms Inc 3.85%

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 VOOG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond	S&P 500 Growth
Total return, 1 year	−1.2%	+17.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.7 pts	+0.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.05%
Holdings	2302	146

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.

VOOG in plain words

VOOG is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.8% 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 May 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 146 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCIT or VOOG?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCIT returned −1.2% and VOOG returned +17.8%, so VOOG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCIT or VOOG?: VCIT charges 0.03% a year and VOOG charges 0.05%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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