Which returned more over the last year, VCLT or VCSH?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so VCSH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCLT or VCSH?

VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCLT 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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VCLT vs VCSH: how they differ

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

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

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

Positions VCLT and VCSH both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VCLT	VCSH
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd	0.04%	0.00%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VCLT	Only in VCSH
Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
CVS Health Corp 0.34%	Bank of America Corp 0.24%
Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%	AbbVie Inc 0.21%
Boeing Co/The 0.27%	CVS Health Corp 0.21%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%	T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
Amazon.com Inc 0.26%	Boeing Co/The 0.20%
Oracle Corp 0.24%	Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
AT&T Inc 0.24%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%

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.

VCLT and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Long-Term Corporate Bond	Short-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	−4.8%	+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.3 pts	−15.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Holdings	2775	2999

VCLT in plain words

VCLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −4.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 18.1% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

VCSH in plain words

VCSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCLT or VCSH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so VCSH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCLT or VCSH?: VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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