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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VHT returned +21.6% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VHT or VUSB?

VHT charges 0.09% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VHT 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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VHT vs VUSB: how they differ

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

Vanguard Health Care Index Fund and Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VHT and VUSB 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 VHT	Only in VUSB
Eli Lilly & Co 14.07%	United States Treasury Bill 4.24%
Johnson & Johnson 8.48%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.68%
AbbVie Inc 6.10%	PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.59%
UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.46%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.53%
Merck & Co Inc 4.67%	Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.52%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 2.93%	US Bancorp 0.51%
Amgen Inc 2.87%	Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.50%
Gilead Sciences Inc 2.64%	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 and May 31, 2026.

VHT and VUSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VHT Vanguard Health Care Index Fund	VUSB Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Health Care	Ultra-Short Bond
Total return, 1 year	+21.6%	+3.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+4.1 pts	−13.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.10%
Holdings	401	1281

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.

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, VHT or VUSB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VHT returned +21.6% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VHT or VUSB?: VHT charges 0.09% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VHT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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