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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VPL returned +36.9% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so VPL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VPL or VUSB?

VPL charges 0.07% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VPL 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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VPL vs VUSB: how they differ

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

Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund and Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VPL and VUSB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VPL and VUSB both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VPL	VUSB
Telstra Group Ltd	0.13%	0.06%
Qantas Airways Ltd	0.04%	0.07%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia	1.80%	0.02%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VPL	Only in VUSB
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 6.06%	United States Treasury Bill 4.24%
SK hynix Inc 4.12%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.68%
Toyota Motor Corp 1.74%	PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.59%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.69%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.53%
BHP Group Ltd 1.66%	Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.52%
Hitachi Ltd 1.18%	US Bancorp 0.51%
Advantest Corp 1.16%	Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.50%
SoftBank Group Corp 1.14%	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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

VPL and VUSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VPL Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund	VUSB Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Pacific Stock	Ultra-Short Bond
Total return, 1 year	+36.9%	+3.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+19.4 pts	−13.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.10%
Holdings	2335	1281

VPL in plain words

VPL is an index equity fund tracking the Pacific Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +36.9% 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 Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2335 positions, with the top ten at 21.6%.

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, VPL or VUSB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VPL returned +36.9% and VUSB returned +3.7%, so VPL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VPL or VUSB?: VPL charges 0.07% a year and VUSB charges 0.10%, so VPL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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