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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VTWO returned +21.4% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VTWO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VTWO or VXF?

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

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VTWO and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 41% 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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VTWO vs VXF: how they differ

VTWO and VXF hold 41% of their weight in the same names, and VTWO returned more over the year.

Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VTWO and VXF hold 41% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VTWO and VXF both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VTWO	VXF
Bloom Energy Corp	1.83%	0.93%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd	1.12%	0.52%
Sterling Infrastructure Inc	0.76%	0.30%
Fabrinet	0.69%	0.24%
Guardant Health Inc	0.47%	0.23%
IonQ Inc	0.63%	0.23%
TTM Technologies Inc	0.52%	0.23%
Nextpower Inc	0.67%	0.21%
Coeur Mining Inc	0.58%	0.20%
SiTime Corp	0.47%	0.19%
Dycom Industries Inc	0.44%	0.18%
Semtech Corp	0.42%	0.18%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VTWO	Only in VXF
EchoStar Corp 0.52%	Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19%
Clearwater Analytics Holdings Inc 0.20%	Snowflake Inc 1.03%
SSR Mining Inc 0.19%	Cloudflare Inc 0.92%
Brookfield Infrastructure Corp 0.15%	Astera Labs Inc 0.76%
Golar LNG Ltd 0.14%	Rocket Lab Corp 0.61%
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.14%	Cheniere Energy Inc 0.59%
Constellium SE 0.14%	Ferguson Enterprises Inc 0.54%
Energy Fuels Inc/Canada 0.13%	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.47%

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.

VTWO and VXF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund	VXF Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Russell 2000	Extended Market
Total return, 1 year	+21.4%	+14.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+3.9 pts	−3.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.05%
Already in the S&P 500	0.5%	0.0%
Holdings	1951	3365

VTWO in plain words

VTWO is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 2000. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.4% 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, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1951 positions, with the top ten at 7.8%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 14, 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, VTWO or VXF?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VTWO returned +21.4% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VTWO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VTWO or VXF?: VTWO charges 0.07% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VTWO and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VTWO and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 41% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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