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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VLUE returned +69.4%, so VLUE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCLT or VLUE?

VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VLUE charges 0.15%, 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 VLUE: how they differ

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

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCLT and VLUE 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 VLUE
Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%	MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11.63%
CVS Health Corp 0.34%	INTEL CORPORATION 9.29%
Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%	CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 4.97%
Boeing Co/The 0.27%	APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3.67%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%	GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 3.16%
Amazon.com Inc 0.26%	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2.66%
Oracle Corp 0.24%	AT&T INC. 2.53%
AT&T Inc 0.24%	CITIGROUP INC. 1.94%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

VCLT and VLUE on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Long-Term Corporate Bond	MSCI USA Value Factor
Total return, 1 year	−4.8%	+69.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.3 pts	+51.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Holdings	2775	148

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.

VLUE in plain words

VLUE is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +69.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 43.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCLT or VLUE?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VLUE returned +69.4%, so VLUE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCLT or VLUE?: VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VLUE charges 0.15%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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