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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VEA returned +24.5%, so VEA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCLT or VEA?

VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VEA 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 VEA: how they differ

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

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCLT and VEA 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 VCLT	Only in VEA
Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%	ASML Holding NV 2.37%
CVS Health Corp 0.34%	Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.56%
Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%	SK hynix Inc 1.40%
Boeing Co/The 0.27%	HSBC Holdings PLC 1.01%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%	Novartis AG 0.91%
Amazon.com Inc 0.26%	Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
Oracle Corp 0.24%	AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
AT&T Inc 0.24%	Nestle SA 0.82%

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.

VCLT and VEA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Long-Term Corporate Bond	Developed markets ex US
Total return, 1 year	−4.8%	+24.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.3 pts	+7.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Holdings	2775	3870

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.

VEA in plain words

VEA is an index equity fund tracking the Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +24.5% 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, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3870 positions, with the top ten at 13.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCLT or VEA?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VEA returned +24.5%, so VEA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCLT or VEA?: VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VEA charges 0.03%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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