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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VGIT returned −1.2%, so VGIT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCLT or VGIT?

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

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

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

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

Positions VCLT and VGIT both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VCLT	VGIT
United States Treasury Note/Bond	0.08%	1.83%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VCLT	Only in VGIT
Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.97%
CVS Health Corp 0.34%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.94%
Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%
Boeing Co/The 0.27%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%
Amazon.com Inc 0.26%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%
Oracle Corp 0.24%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%
AT&T Inc 0.24%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.87%

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 VGIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Long-Term Corporate Bond	Intermediate-Term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	−4.8%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.3 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Holdings	2775	103

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.

VGIT in plain words

VGIT is a bond fund tracking the Intermediate-Term Treasury. 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. It sat 3.7% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCLT or VGIT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VGIT returned −1.2%, so VGIT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCLT or VGIT?: VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VGIT charges 0.03%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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