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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VNQ returned +5.6%, so VNQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCLT or VNQ?

VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VNQ charges 0.13%, 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 VNQ: how they differ

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

Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCLT and VNQ 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 VNQ
Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%	Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.67%
CVS Health Corp 0.34%	Welltower Inc 7.86%
Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%	Prologis Inc 7.02%
Boeing Co/The 0.27%	Equinix Inc 5.66%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%	American Tower Corp 4.55%
Amazon.com Inc 0.26%	Digital Realty Trust Inc 3.67%
Oracle Corp 0.24%	Simon Property Group Inc 3.54%
AT&T Inc 0.24%	Realty Income Corp 3.12%

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 VNQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VNQ Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Long-Term Corporate Bond	US real estate
Total return, 1 year	−4.8%	+5.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−22.3 pts	−11.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.13%
Holdings	2775	146

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.

VNQ in plain words

VNQ is an index equity fund tracking the US real estate. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +5.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 63% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 146 positions, with the top ten at 54.9%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCLT or VNQ?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCLT returned −4.8% and VNQ returned +5.6%, so VNQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCLT or VNQ?: VCLT charges 0.03% a year and VNQ charges 0.13%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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