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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCSH or VYM?

VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, 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 VYM: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and VYM 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 VYM
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%	Broadcom Inc 8.07%
Bank of America Corp 0.24%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.36%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%	Exxon Mobil Corp 2.73%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%	Johnson & Johnson 2.31%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%	Caterpillar Inc 1.73%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%	AbbVie Inc 1.57%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%	Cisco Systems Inc 1.52%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%	Chevron Corp 1.51%

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 VYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Short-Term Corporate Bond	US high dividend
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.9 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.04%
Holdings	2999	608

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.

VYM in plain words

VYM is an index equity fund tracking the US high dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 608 positions, with the top ten at 25.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or VYM?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCSH or VYM?: VCSH charges 0.03% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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