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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VEA returned +24.5%, so VEA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCSH or VEA?

VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VEA charges 0.03%, 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 VEA: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and VEA 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 VEA
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%	ASML Holding NV 2.37%
Bank of America Corp 0.24%	Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.56%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%	SK hynix Inc 1.40%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%	HSBC Holdings PLC 1.01%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%	Novartis AG 0.91%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%	Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%	AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%	Nestle SA 0.82%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

VCSH and VEA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Short-Term Corporate Bond	Developed markets ex US
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	+24.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.9 pts	+7.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Holdings	2999	3870

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.

VEA in plain words

VEA is an index equity fund tracking the Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +24.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3870 positions, with the top ten at 13.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VEA?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VEA returned +24.5%, so VEA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCSH or VEA?: VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VEA charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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