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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VXF returned +14.1% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VXF or VYM?

VXF charges 0.05% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VXF and 92% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 7% 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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VXF vs VYM: how they differ

VXF and VYM hold 7% of their weight in the same names, and VYM returned more over the year.

Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VXF and VYM hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions VXF and VYM both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VXF	VYM
Ferguson Enterprises Inc	0.54%	0.21%
Royalty Pharma PLC	0.26%	0.08%
Reliance Inc	0.22%	0.08%
Ovintiv Inc	0.17%	0.07%
East West Bancorp Inc	0.21%	0.07%
Watsco Inc	0.17%	0.06%
DT Midstream Inc	0.18%	0.06%
Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc	0.18%	0.06%
Prc Newco Inc	0.17%	0.06%
SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc	0.15%	0.06%
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc	0.18%	0.06%
Reinsurance Group of America Inc	0.16%	0.06%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VXF	Only in VYM
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19%	Broadcom Inc 8.07%
Snowflake Inc 1.03%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.36%
Bloom Energy Corp 0.93%	Exxon Mobil Corp 2.73%
Cloudflare Inc 0.92%	Johnson & Johnson 2.31%
Astera Labs Inc 0.76%	Caterpillar Inc 1.73%
Rocket Lab Corp 0.61%	AbbVie Inc 1.57%
Cheniere Energy Inc 0.59%	Cisco Systems Inc 1.52%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.52%	Chevron Corp 1.51%

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.

VXF and VYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VXF Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund	VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Extended Market	US high dividend
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−3.4 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.04%
Already in the S&P 500	0.0%	92.2%
Holdings	3365	608

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.

VYM in plain words

VYM is an index equity fund tracking the US high dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 608 positions, with the top ten at 25.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VXF or VYM?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VXF returned +14.1% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VXF or VYM?: VXF charges 0.05% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VXF and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VXF and 92% of VYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 7% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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