Which returned more over the last year, VDC or VONG?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VDC returned +4.6% and VONG returned +7.2%, so VONG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VDC or VONG?

VDC charges 0.09% a year and VONG charges 0.07%, so VONG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do VDC and VONG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 87% of VDC and 96% of VONG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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

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VDC vs VONG: how they differ

VDC and VONG hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and VONG returned more over the year.

Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund and Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VDC and VONG hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VDC and VONG both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VDC	VONG
Costco Wholesale Corp	12.04%	1.28%
Coca-Cola Co/The	8.72%	0.45%
Monster Beverage Corp	2.24%	0.18%
Walmart Inc	14.76%	0.15%
Colgate-Palmolive Co	2.37%	0.10%
PepsiCo Inc	4.30%	0.08%
Sysco Corp	1.30%	0.06%
Kimberly-Clark Corp	1.01%	0.04%
Sprouts Farmers Market Inc	0.46%	0.02%
Celsius Holdings Inc	0.29%	0.02%
Casey's General Stores Inc	1.11%	0.01%
Hershey Co/The	1.06%	0.01%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VDC	Only in VONG
Procter & Gamble Co/The 9.27%	NVIDIA Corp 13.09%
Philip Morris International Inc 4.66%	Apple Inc 11.97%
Altria Group Inc 3.91%	Microsoft Corp 8.98%
Mondelez International Inc 2.69%	Broadcom Inc 5.78%
Target Corp 2.03%	Amazon.com Inc 5.07%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co 1.41%	Alphabet Inc 3.91%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc 1.41%	Tesla Inc 3.48%
Kroger Co/The 1.39%	Meta Platforms Inc 3.20%

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.

VDC and VONG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund	VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Consumer Staples	Russell 1000 Growth
Total return, 1 year	+4.6%	+7.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−12.9 pts	−10.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.07%
Already in the S&P 500	86.6%	95.6%
Holdings	103	387

VDC in plain words

VDC is an index equity fund tracking the Consumer Staples. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 103 positions, with the top ten at 65.0%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VONG in plain words

VONG is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 1000 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +7.2% 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 May 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 387 positions, with the top ten at 61.3%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Jun 1, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VDC or VONG?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VDC returned +4.6% and VONG returned +7.2%, so VONG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VDC or VONG?: VDC charges 0.09% a year and VONG charges 0.07%, so VONG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VDC and VONG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 87% of VDC and 96% of VONG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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