Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or VCSH?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so VCSH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or VCSH?

GOVT charges 0.05% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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GOVT vs VCSH: how they differ

GOVT and VCSH hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VCSH returned more over the year.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and VCSH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GOVT	Only in VCSH
US TREASURY N/B 0.60%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.55%	Bank of America Corp 0.24%
TREASURY BOND (OLD) 0.42%	AbbVie Inc 0.21%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.25%	CVS Health Corp 0.21%
TREASURY BOND (OTR) 0.16%	T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.11%	Boeing Co/The 0.20%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.11%	Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
TREASURY BOND (2OLD) 0.08%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

GOVT and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Treasury Bond	Short-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	−15.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.03%
Holdings	216	2999

GOVT in plain words

GOVT is a bond fund tracking the U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.0% 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. It sat 8.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

VCSH in plain words

VCSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or VCSH?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so VCSH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or VCSH?: GOVT charges 0.05% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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GOVT against VCSH, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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