Which returned more over the last year, VNQ or VXF?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VNQ returned +5.6% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VNQ or VXF?

VNQ charges 0.13% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do VNQ and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 63% of VNQ and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 5% 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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VNQ vs VXF: how they differ

VNQ and VXF hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and VXF returned more over the year.

Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VNQ and VXF hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VNQ and VXF both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VNQ	VXF
WP Carey Inc	0.85%	0.19%
Jones Lang LaSalle Inc	0.80%	0.17%
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc	0.74%	0.17%
Sun Communities Inc	0.84%	0.16%
Lamar Advertising Co	0.63%	0.16%
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc	0.73%	0.15%
Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc	0.62%	0.15%
EastGroup Properties Inc	0.57%	0.13%
American Homes 4 Rent	0.56%	0.12%
American Healthcare REIT Inc	0.48%	0.12%
Brixmor Property Group Inc	0.49%	0.11%
CareTrust REIT Inc	0.47%	0.11%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VNQ	Only in VXF
Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.67%	Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19%
Welltower Inc 7.86%	Snowflake Inc 1.03%
Prologis Inc 7.02%	Bloom Energy Corp 0.93%
Equinix Inc 5.66%	Cloudflare Inc 0.92%
American Tower Corp 4.55%	Astera Labs Inc 0.76%
Digital Realty Trust Inc 3.67%	Rocket Lab Corp 0.61%
Simon Property Group Inc 3.54%	Cheniere Energy Inc 0.59%
Realty Income Corp 3.12%	Ferguson Enterprises Inc 0.54%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

VNQ and VXF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VNQ Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund	VXF Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	US real estate	Extended Market
Total return, 1 year	+5.6%	+14.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−11.9 pts	−3.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.13%	0.05%
Already in the S&P 500	63.3%	0.0%
Holdings	146	3365

VNQ in plain words

VNQ is an index equity fund tracking the US real estate. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +5.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 63% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 146 positions, with the top ten at 54.9%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VXF in plain words

VXF is an index equity fund tracking the Extended Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3365 positions, with the top ten at 7.6%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VNQ or VXF?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VNQ returned +5.6% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VNQ or VXF?: VNQ charges 0.13% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VNQ and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 63% of VNQ and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 5% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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