Which returned more over the last year, VGIT or VIG?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGIT returned −1.2% and VIG returned +12.4%, so VIG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VGIT or VIG?

VGIT charges 0.03% a year and VIG charges 0.04%, so VGIT 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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VGIT vs VIG: how they differ

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

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VGIT and VIG 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 VGIT	Only in VIG
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.97%	Broadcom Inc 5.21%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.94%	Apple Inc 4.10%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%	Microsoft Corp 3.99%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.61%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%	Eli Lilly & Co 3.36%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%	Exxon Mobil Corp 2.92%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%	Walmart Inc 2.62%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.87%	Johnson & Johnson 2.51%

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.

VGIT and VIG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund	VIG Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Intermediate-Term Treasury	Dividend growth
Total return, 1 year	−1.2%	+12.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.7 pts	−5.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.04%
Holdings	103	332

VGIT in plain words

VGIT is a bond fund tracking the Intermediate-Term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.7% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

VIG in plain words

VIG is an index equity fund tracking the Dividend growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.4% 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, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 332 positions, with the top ten at 32.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VGIT or VIG?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGIT returned −1.2% and VIG returned +12.4%, so VIG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VGIT or VIG?: VGIT charges 0.03% a year and VIG charges 0.04%, so VGIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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