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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VXF returned +14.1% and XHB returned −16.6%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VXF or XHB?

VXF charges 0.05% a year and XHB charges 0.35%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VXF and 46% of XHB 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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VXF vs XHB: how they differ

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

Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Homebuilders ETF.

What they hold in common

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

Positions VXF and XHB both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	VXF	XHB
Tempur Sealy International Inc	0.19%	3.40%
Toll Brothers Inc	0.18%	3.52%
Carlisle Cos Inc	0.17%	3.28%
Modine Manufacturing Co	0.17%	3.07%
Owens Corning	0.15%	4.10%
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc	0.13%	3.60%
TopBuild Corp	0.12%	2.67%
AAON Inc	0.10%	3.11%
Taylor Morrison Home Corp	0.08%	2.97%
Meritage Homes Corp	0.07%	3.53%
Installed Building Products Inc	0.06%	3.49%
Champion Homes Inc	0.06%	3.34%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in VXF	Only in XHB
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19%	Builders FirstSource Inc 3.56%
Snowflake Inc 1.03%	PulteGroup Inc 3.44%
Bloom Energy Corp 0.93%	Masco Corp 3.41%
Cloudflare Inc 0.92%	Lennox International Inc 3.37%
Astera Labs Inc 0.76%	Williams-Sonoma Inc 3.34%
Rocket Lab Corp 0.61%	DR Horton Inc 3.29%
Cheniere Energy Inc 0.59%	Home Depot Inc/The 3.28%
Ferguson Enterprises Inc 0.54%	Trane Technologies PLC 3.25%

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.

VXF and XHB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VXF Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund	XHB State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Homebuilders ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	State Street
What it is	Extended Market	SPDR S&P Homebuilders
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	−16.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−3.4 pts	−34.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.35%
Already in the S&P 500	0.0%	45.7%
Holdings	3365	35

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.

XHB in plain words

XHB is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Homebuilders. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 46% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 35.6%. It sat 20.6% below its high of Oct 18, 2024 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VXF or XHB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VXF returned +14.1% and XHB returned −16.6%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VXF or XHB?: VXF charges 0.05% a year and XHB charges 0.35%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do VXF and XHB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of VXF and 46% of XHB 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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