Which returned more over the last year, VHT or VTWO?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VHT returned +21.6% and VTWO returned +21.4%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VHT or VTWO?

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

How much do VHT and VTWO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 86% of VHT and 0% of VTWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 7% 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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VHT vs VTWO: how they differ

VHT and VTWO hold 7% of their weight in the same names.

Vanguard Health Care Index Fund and Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VHT and VTWO hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VHT and VTWO both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VHT	VTWO
Guardant Health Inc	0.23%	0.47%
Ensign Group Inc/The	0.15%	0.28%
Bridgebio Pharma Inc	0.15%	0.31%
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc	0.15%	0.31%
Cytokinetics Inc	0.14%	0.29%
BrightSpring Health Services Inc	0.14%	0.23%
Praxis Precision Medicines Inc	0.13%	0.27%
Axsome Therapeutics Inc	0.13%	0.29%
HealthEquity Inc	0.12%	0.22%
Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc	0.12%	0.25%
Krystal Biotech Inc	0.11%	0.23%
Alkermes PLC	0.10%	0.20%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VHT	Only in VTWO
Eli Lilly & Co 14.07%	Bloom Energy Corp 1.83%
Johnson & Johnson 8.48%	Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.12%
AbbVie Inc 6.10%	Sterling Infrastructure Inc 0.76%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.46%	Fabrinet 0.69%
Merck & Co Inc 4.67%	Nextpower Inc 0.67%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 2.93%	IonQ Inc 0.63%
Amgen Inc 2.87%	Coeur Mining Inc 0.58%
Gilead Sciences Inc 2.64%	TTM Technologies Inc 0.52%

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.

VHT and VTWO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VHT Vanguard Health Care Index Fund	VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Health Care	Russell 2000
Total return, 1 year	+21.6%	+21.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+4.1 pts	+3.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.07%
Already in the S&P 500	85.6%	0.5%
Holdings	401	1951

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.

VTWO in plain words

VTWO is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 2000. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1951 positions, with the top ten at 7.8%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VHT or VTWO?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VHT returned +21.6% and VTWO returned +21.4%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VHT or VTWO?: VHT charges 0.09% a year and VTWO charges 0.07%, so VTWO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VHT and VTWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 86% of VHT and 0% of VTWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 7% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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