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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VPL returned +36.9%, so VPL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCSH or VPL?

VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VPL charges 0.07%, 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 VPL: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and VPL 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 VPL
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%	Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.06%
Bank of America Corp 0.24%	SK hynix Inc 4.12%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%	Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.80%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%	Toyota Motor Corp 1.74%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.69%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%	BHP Group Ltd 1.66%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%	Hitachi Ltd 1.18%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%	Advantest Corp 1.16%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

VCSH and VPL on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VPL Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Short-Term Corporate Bond	Pacific Stock
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	+36.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.9 pts	+19.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.07%
Holdings	2999	2335

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.

VPL in plain words

VPL is an index equity fund tracking the Pacific Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +36.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2335 positions, with the top ten at 21.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VPL?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VPL returned +36.9%, so VPL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCSH or VPL?: VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VPL charges 0.07%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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