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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VPU returned +2.1% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VPU or VXF?

VPU charges 0.09% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 90% of VPU and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% 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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VPU vs VXF: how they differ

VPU and VXF hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and VXF returned more over the year.

Vanguard Utilities Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VPU and VXF hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VPU and VXF both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VPU	VXF
Talen Energy Corp	0.99%	0.20%
Essential Utilities Inc	0.69%	0.13%
OGE Energy Corp	0.64%	0.12%
IDACORP Inc	0.50%	0.10%
UGI Corp	0.50%	0.09%
National Fuel Gas Co	0.46%	0.09%
Oklo Inc	0.39%	0.09%
Ormat Technologies Inc	0.44%	0.08%
Portland General Electric Co	0.37%	0.07%
Black Hills Corp	0.36%	0.07%
Southwest Gas Holdings Inc	0.35%	0.07%
New Jersey Resources Corp	0.37%	0.07%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VPU	Only in VXF
NextEra Energy Inc 11.84%	Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19%
Southern Co/The 6.70%	Snowflake Inc 1.03%
Duke Energy Corp 6.31%	Bloom Energy Corp 0.93%
Constellation Energy Corp 5.86%	Cloudflare Inc 0.92%
American Electric Power Co Inc 4.47%	Astera Labs Inc 0.76%
Sempra 3.85%	Rocket Lab Corp 0.61%
Dominion Energy Inc 3.78%	Cheniere Energy Inc 0.59%
Vistra Corp 3.59%	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 Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

VPU and VXF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VPU Vanguard Utilities Index Fund	VXF Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Utilities	Extended Market
Total return, 1 year	+2.1%	+14.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.4 pts	−3.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.05%
Already in the S&P 500	90.1%	0.0%
Holdings	66	3365

VPU in plain words

VPU is an index equity fund tracking the Utilities. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 66 positions, with the top ten at 52.7%. It sat 9.8% below its high of Feb 27, 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, VPU or VXF?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VPU returned +2.1% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VPU or VXF?: VPU charges 0.09% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VPU and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 90% of VPU and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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