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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VDE returned +50.6%, so VDE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCSH or VDE?

VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VDE 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 VDE: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Energy Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and VDE 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 VDE
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%	Exxon Mobil Corp 21.37%
Bank of America Corp 0.24%	Chevron Corp 14.53%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%	ConocoPhillips 5.79%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%	Williams Cos Inc/The 3.65%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%	SLB Ltd 3.49%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%	Marathon Petroleum Corp 3.29%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%	Valero Energy Corp 3.19%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%	EOG Resources Inc 3.06%

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 VDE on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VDE Vanguard Energy Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Short-Term Corporate Bond	Energy
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	+50.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.9 pts	+33.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.09%
Holdings	2999	105

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.

VDE in plain words

VDE is an index equity fund tracking the Energy. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +50.6% 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, 82% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 64.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VDE?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VDE returned +50.6%, so VDE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCSH or VDE?: VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VDE charges 0.09%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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