Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
VHT vs VLUE: how they differ
VHT and VLUE hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and VLUE returned more over the year.
Vanguard Health Care Index Fund and iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, VHT and VLUE hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | VHT | VLUE |
|---|---|---|
| Merck & Co Inc | 4.67% | 1.57% |
| Pfizer Inc | 2.36% | 1.49% |
| CVS Health Corp | 1.83% | 1.11% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 1.84% | 1.08% |
| Cigna Group/The | 1.17% | 0.84% |
| Elevance Health Inc | 1.35% | 0.63% |
| Centene Corp | 0.46% | 0.31% |
| Biogen Inc | 0.46% | 0.27% |
| United Therapeutics Corp | 0.36% | 0.18% |
| Becton Dickinson & Co | 0.66% | 0.16% |
| Humana Inc | 0.58% | 0.14% |
| Labcorp Holdings Inc | 0.34% | 0.13% |
| Only in VHT | Only in VLUE |
|---|---|
| Eli Lilly & Co 14.07% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11.63% |
| Johnson & Johnson 8.48% | INTEL CORPORATION 9.29% |
| AbbVie Inc 6.10% | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 4.97% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.46% | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3.67% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 2.93% | GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 3.16% |
| Amgen Inc 2.87% | VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2.66% |
| Gilead Sciences Inc 2.64% | AT&T INC. 2.53% |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc 2.39% | CITIGROUP INC. 1.94% |
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.
| VHT Vanguard Health Care Index Fund | VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Vanguard | iShares |
| What it is | Health Care | MSCI USA Value Factor |
| Total return, 1 year | +21.6% | +69.4% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +4.1 pts | +51.9 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.09% | 0.15% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 85.6% | 96.9% |
| Holdings | 401 | 148 |
VHT in plain words
VHT is an index equity fund tracking the Health Care. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.6% 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, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 401 positions, with the top ten at 52.0%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.
VLUE in plain words
VLUE is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +69.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 43.6%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, VHT or VLUE?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VHT returned +21.6% and VLUE returned +69.4%, so VLUE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, VHT or VLUE?
- VHT charges 0.09% a year and VLUE charges 0.15%, so VHT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do VHT and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 86% of VHT and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 8% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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