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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and XHB returned −16.6%, so VCSH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VCSH or XHB?

VCSH charges 0.03% a year and XHB charges 0.35%, 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 XHB: how they differ

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

Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Homebuilders ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VCSH and XHB 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 XHB
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%	Owens Corning 4.10%
Bank of America Corp 0.24%	Advanced Drainage Systems Inc 3.60%
AbbVie Inc 0.21%	KB Home 3.56%
CVS Health Corp 0.21%	Builders FirstSource Inc 3.56%
T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%	Meritage Homes Corp 3.53%
Boeing Co/The 0.20%	Toll Brothers Inc 3.52%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%	Installed Building Products Inc 3.49%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%	PulteGroup Inc 3.44%

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 XHB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund	XHB State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Homebuilders ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	State Street
What it is	Short-Term Corporate Bond	SPDR S&P Homebuilders
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	−16.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.9 pts	−34.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.35%
Holdings	2999	35

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.

XHB in plain words

XHB is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Homebuilders. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 46% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 35.6%. It sat 20.6% below its high of Oct 18, 2024 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VCSH or XHB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VCSH returned +1.6% and XHB returned −16.6%, so VCSH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VCSH or XHB?: VCSH charges 0.03% a year and XHB charges 0.35%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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