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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VO returned +12.0%, so VO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCSH or VO?

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

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

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and VO 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 VO
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%	Vertiv Holdings Co 1.23%
Bank of America Corp 0.24%	Western Digital Corp 1.07%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%	Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.05%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%	Quanta Services Inc 1.05%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%	Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.04%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%	Cummins Inc 0.95%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%	Datadog Inc 0.84%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%	Bloom Energy Corp 0.79%

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 VO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VO Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Short-Term Corporate Bond	Mid-Cap
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	+12.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.9 pts	−5.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Holdings	2999	282

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.

VO in plain words

VO is an index equity fund tracking the Mid-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.0% 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, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VO returned +12.0%, so VO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCSH or VO?: VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VO charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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