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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VONG returned +7.2% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VONG or VXF?

VONG charges 0.07% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 96% of VONG and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 4% 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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VONG vs VXF: how they differ

VONG and VXF hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and VXF returned more over the year.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VONG and VXF hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VONG and VXF both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VONG	VXF
Snowflake Inc	0.26%	1.03%
Cloudflare Inc	0.23%	0.92%
Rocket Lab Corp	0.21%	0.61%
Astera Labs Inc	0.13%	0.76%
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc	0.12%	0.47%
Natera Inc	0.09%	0.46%
ROBLOX Corp	0.09%	0.43%
FTAI Aviation Ltd	0.08%	0.33%
Reddit Inc	0.07%	0.27%
AST SpaceMobile Inc	0.07%	0.27%
Coupang Inc	0.07%	0.27%
LPL Financial Holdings Inc	0.07%	0.27%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VONG	Only in VXF
NVIDIA Corp 13.09%	Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19%
Apple Inc 11.97%	Bloom Energy Corp 0.93%
Microsoft Corp 8.98%	Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.52%
Broadcom Inc 5.78%	REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.44%
Amazon.com Inc 5.07%	Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.36%
Alphabet Inc 3.91%	MKS Instruments Inc 0.35%
Tesla Inc 3.48%	Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.33%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.20%	Amrize Ltd 0.32%

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.

VONG and VXF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund	VXF Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Russell 1000 Growth	Extended Market
Total return, 1 year	+7.2%	+14.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−10.3 pts	−3.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.05%
Already in the S&P 500	95.6%	0.0%
Holdings	387	3365

VONG in plain words

VONG is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 1000 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +7.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 387 positions, with the top ten at 61.3%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Jun 1, 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, VONG or VXF?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VONG returned +7.2% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VONG or VXF?: VONG charges 0.07% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VONG and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 96% of VONG and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 4% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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