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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGIT returned −1.2% and VWO returned +15.6%, so VWO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VGIT or VWO?

VGIT charges 0.03% a year and VWO charges 0.06%, 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 VWO: how they differ

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

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VGIT and VWO 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 VWO
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.97%	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 14.73%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.94%	Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.28%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%	Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%	Delta Electronics Inc 1.18%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%	MediaTek Inc 1.07%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%	Reliance Industries Ltd 0.90%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%	HDFC Bank Ltd 0.81%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.87%	Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.75%

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 VWO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund	VWO Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Intermediate-Term Treasury	Emerging markets
Total return, 1 year	−1.2%	+15.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.7 pts	−1.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.06%
Holdings	103	6355

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.

VWO in plain words

VWO is an index equity fund tracking the Emerging markets. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6355 positions, with the top ten at 26.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VGIT or VWO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VGIT returned −1.2% and VWO returned +15.6%, so VWO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VGIT or VWO?: VGIT charges 0.03% a year and VWO charges 0.06%, so VGIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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