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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VDC returned +4.6%, so VDC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCSH or VDC?

VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VDC charges 0.09%, so VCSH 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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VCSH vs VDC: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and VDC 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 VCSH	Only in VDC
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%	Walmart Inc 14.76%
Bank of America Corp 0.24%	Costco Wholesale Corp 12.04%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%	Procter & Gamble Co/The 9.27%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%	Coca-Cola Co/The 8.72%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%	Philip Morris International Inc 4.66%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%	PepsiCo Inc 4.30%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%	Altria Group Inc 3.91%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%	Mondelez International Inc 2.69%

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.

VCSH and VDC on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Short-Term Corporate Bond	Consumer Staples
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	+4.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.9 pts	−12.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.09%
Holdings	2999	103

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. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

VDC in plain words

VDC is an index equity fund tracking the Consumer Staples. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 65.0%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VDC?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VDC returned +4.6%, so VDC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCSH or VDC?: VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VDC charges 0.09%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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