Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
BSV vs VGLT: how they differ
BSV and VGLT hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and BSV returned more over the year.
Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BSV and VGLT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BSV | VGLT |
|---|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond | 0.37% | 0.44% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The | 0.07% | 0.15% |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.03% | 0.07% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 0.03% | 0.09% |
| Mexico Government International Bond | 0.02% | 0.19% |
| Peruvian Government International Bond | 0.02% | 0.09% |
| Israel Government International Bond | 0.02% | 0.29% |
| Salesforce Inc | 0.02% | 0.13% |
| Israel Government International Bond | 0.02% | 0.17% |
| Israel Government International Bond | 0.02% | 0.08% |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.02% | 0.09% |
| Motorola Solutions Inc | 0.02% | 0.06% |
| Only in BSV | Only in VGLT |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13% | JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90% | Mexico Government International Bond 0.50% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89% | United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82% | United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81% | United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81% | Mexico Government International Bond 0.48% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80% | Province of British Columbia Canada 0.43% |
| United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78% | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bon 0.43% |
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.
| BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund | VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | Vanguard | Vanguard |
| What it is | Short-Term Bond | Long-term Treasury |
| Total return, 1 year | +1.1% | −5.4% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −16.4 pts | −22.9 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | not published |
| Holdings | 3185 | 1703 |
BSV in plain words
BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.
VGLT in plain words
VGLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −5.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 39.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, BSV or VGLT?
- In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so BSV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
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