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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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VCSH vs VOOG: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and VOOG 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 VCSHOnly in VOOG
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%NVIDIA Corp 14.29%
Bank of America Corp 0.24%Microsoft Corp 9.31%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%Apple Inc 6.38%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%Alphabet Inc 6.17%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%Broadcom Inc 5.90%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%Alphabet Inc 4.90%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%Amazon.com Inc 3.90%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%Meta Platforms Inc 3.85%

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 VOOG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
VCSH
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
VOOG
Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerVanguardVanguard
What it isShort-Term Corporate BondS&P 500 Growth
Total return, 1 year+1.6%+17.8%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−15.9 pts+0.3 pts
Expense ratio0.03%0.05%
Holdings2999146

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.

VOOG in plain words

VOOG is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 146 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VOOG?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VOOG returned +17.8%, so VOOG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCSH or VOOG?
VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VOOG charges 0.05%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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