Which returned more over the last year, VEA or VUSB?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VEA returned +24.5% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so VEA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VEA or VUSB?

VEA charges 0.03% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VEA 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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VEA vs VUSB: how they differ

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

Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund and Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VEA and VUSB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VEA and VUSB both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VEA	VUSB
Telstra Group Ltd	0.04%	0.06%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia	0.59%	0.02%
Qantas Airways Ltd	0.02%	0.07%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VEA	Only in VUSB
ASML Holding NV 2.37%	United States Treasury Bill 4.24%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.56%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.68%
SK hynix Inc 1.40%	PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.59%
HSBC Holdings PLC 1.01%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.53%
Novartis AG 0.91%	Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.52%
Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%	US Bancorp 0.51%
AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%	Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.50%
Nestle SA 0.82%	Truist Bank 0.45%

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.

VEA and VUSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund	VUSB Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Developed markets ex US	Ultra-Short Bond
Total return, 1 year	+24.5%	+3.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+7.0 pts	−13.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.10%
Holdings	3870	1281

VEA in plain words

VEA is an index equity fund tracking the Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +24.5% 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. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3870 positions, with the top ten at 13.2%.

VUSB in plain words

VUSB is a cash and treasury bills tracking the Ultra-Short Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VEA or VUSB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VEA returned +24.5% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so VEA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VEA or VUSB?: VEA charges 0.03% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VEA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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