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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCIT returned −1.2% and VTV returned +22.9%, so VTV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCIT or VTV?

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

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

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Value Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCIT and VTV 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 VTV
Amazon.com Inc 0.31%	Micron Technology Inc 4.89%
Boeing Co/The 0.28%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.07%
Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%	Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.96%
Bank of America Corp 0.27%	Johnson & Johnson 2.30%
Oracle Corp 0.27%	Exxon Mobil Corp 2.13%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%	Walmart Inc 1.87%
Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%	Caterpillar Inc 1.84%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.25%	AbbVie Inc 1.67%

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.

VCIT and VTV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VTV Vanguard Value Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond	US value
Total return, 1 year	−1.2%	+22.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.7 pts	+5.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Holdings	2302	308

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.

VTV in plain words

VTV is an index equity fund tracking the US value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 308 positions, with the top ten at 23.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCIT or VTV?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCIT returned −1.2% and VTV returned +22.9%, so VTV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCIT or VTV?: VCIT charges 0.03% a year and VTV charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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