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BSCV vs VSDB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BSCV's duration was 4.4 years on May 31, 2026 and VSDB's 2.5 on Jun 30, 2026; BSCV charges 0.10% to VSDB's 0.15%.

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Net assets: $1.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF, and $1.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF.

BSCV on its own →VSDB on its own →
At a glance
−0.6%
BSCV total return, 1 year
+1.7%
VSDB total return, 1 year
0.10%
BSCV expense ratio
0.15%
VSDB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BSCV costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.3 points.

BSCV vs VSDB: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBSCVVSDB
Return
Total return, 1 year−0.6%+1.7%
Benchmark
What it tracksInvesco BulletShares USD Corporate Bond 2031 IndexNo index, actively managed
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.10%0.15%
Net assets, BSCV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VSDB as of Sep 30, 2026$1.9bn$1.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in common2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026. Method

What they share

2%

By the books each fund has filed, BSCV and VSDB hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BSCV VSDB
Oracle Corp., due Feb 4, 2031 0.97% 0.31%
Boeing Co. (The), due Feb 1, 2031 0.38% 0.27%
Pacific Gas and Electric Co., due Feb 1, 2031 0.51% 0.22%
Amazon.com, Inc., due Mar 13, 2031 1.39% 0.16%
Abbott Laboratories, due Mar 15, 2031 0.69% 0.08%
Dell International LLC / EMC Corp., due Feb 15, 2031 0.35% 0.08%
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., due Jan 8, 2031 0.25% 0.07%
Alphabet Inc., due Feb 15, 2031 0.83% 0.06%
Jacobs Solutions Inc., due Mar 3, 2031 0.22% 0.06%
Banco Santander S.A., due Apr 15, 2031 0.35% 0.04%
Lowe`s Cos., Inc., due Mar 15, 2031 0.31% 0.04%
Novartis Capital Corp., due Mar 18, 2031 0.49% 0.04%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BSCV
Salesforce, Inc., due Sep 15, 2031 1.06%
Oracle Corp., due Mar 25, 2031 0.82%
Orange, due Mar 1, 2031 0.82%
AT&T Inc., due Jun 1, 2031 0.77%
Amazon.com, Inc., due May 12, 2031 0.76%
Cisco Systems, Inc., due Feb 26, 2031 0.72%
Broadcom Inc., due Feb 15, 2031 0.70%
Apple Inc., due Feb 8, 2031 0.69%
Only in VSDB
US TREASURY N/B, due Nov 30, 2027 1.90%
US TREASURY N/B, due Jun 30, 2029 1.66%
US TREASURY N/B, due Nov 30, 2027 1.55%
US TREASURY N/B, due Dec 31, 2027 1.55%
US TREASURY N/B, due May 31, 2029 1.50%
US TREASURY N/B, due Dec 31, 2027 1.50%
US TREASURY N/B, due Feb 15, 2028 1.23%
TREASURY BILL, due Jun 10, 2027 1.16%
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Side by side

BSCV Invesco BulletShares 2031 Corporate Bond ETF VSDB Vanguard Short Duration Bond ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer Invesco Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year −0.6% +1.7%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) −1.4% (AGG)
Gap to its benchmark +0.8 pts vs AGG +3.1 pts vs AGG
Expense ratio 0.10% 0.15%
Holdings 493 1525
Net assets, BSCV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VSDB as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.9bn $1.0bn

BSCV and VSDB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-CFD255A9E1

BSCV and VSDB do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

  1. What each follows. BSCV follows Invesco BulletShares USD Corporate Bond 2031 Index and VSDB follows No index, actively managed.
  2. Holdings in common. 2% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 BSCV returned −0.6% and VSDB +1.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.3 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
BSCV

BSCV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −0.6% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.

VSDB

VSDB is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSCV or VSDB?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSCV returned −0.6% and VSDB +1.7%.
Which is cheaper, BSCV or VSDB?
BSCV is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
BSCV on its own →VSDB on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →BSCV dividend history →BSCV holdings →VSDB dividend history →VSDB holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
BSCV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
BSCV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Invesco page for BSCV ↗
VSDB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VSDB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VSDB ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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