Which returned more over the last year, IGEB or VCIT?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGEB returned −1.7% and VCIT −1.8%.

Which is cheaper, IGEB or VCIT?

VCIT is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IGEB vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

On May 31, 2026 IGEB's duration was 6.3 years and VCIT's 6.0; VCIT charges 0.03% to IGEB's 0.18%. Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Investment Grade Systematic Bond ETF, and $66.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

VCIT costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; VCIT is far larger, $66.6bn against $1.4bn.

IGEB vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
	IGEB	VCIT
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.4bn	$66.6bn
Total return, 1 year	−1.7%	−1.8%
What it tracks	BlackRock Investment Grade Systematic Bond Index	Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Holdings in common	11%
Below its high	3.9%, high on Feb 23, 2026	4.4%, high on Feb 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

−1.7%

IGEB total return, 1 year

−1.8%

VCIT total return, 1 year

0.18%

IGEB expense ratio

0.03%

VCIT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGEB and VCIT hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026.

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half

11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IGEB VCIT

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, due Feb 1, 2036 0.36% 0.27%

Salesforce Inc, due Mar 15, 2036 0.44% 0.21%

Oracle Corp, due Sep 26, 2035 0.31% 0.20%

JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Jan 25, 2033 0.46% 0.18%

Boeing Co/The, due May 1, 2034 0.17% 0.28%

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Jan 30, 2032 0.36% 0.16%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Apr 24, 2034 0.17% 0.16%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The, due Jan 28, 2036 0.45% 0.16%

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The, due Jul 23, 2035 0.49% 0.15%

Philip Morris International Inc, due Feb 15, 2033 0.23% 0.14%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Jul 25, 2033 0.15% 0.12%

Sprint Capital Corp, due Mar 15, 2032 0.45% 0.12%

Only in IGEB

PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The, due May 15, 2027 0.52%

HSBC Holdings PLC, due May 22, 2030 0.51%

BP Capital Markets PLC, due Mar 22, 2030 0.49%

PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The, due Sep 15, 2027 0.49%

Wells Fargo & Co, due Sep 15, 2028 0.49%

Sempra, due Oct 1, 2054 0.49%

Phillips 66 Co, due Mar 15, 2056 0.49%

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc, due Sep 1, 2054 0.49%

Only in VCIT

AMAZON.COM INC, due Mar 13, 2036 0.30%

META PLATFORMS, due Nov 15, 2035 0.27%

BANK OF AMER CRP, due Jul 22, 2033 0.27%

PFIZER INVSTMNT, due May 19, 2033 0.27%

ORACLE CORP, due Feb 4, 2036 0.27%

JPMORGAN CHASE, due Jul 25, 2033 0.25%

JPMORGAN CHASE, due Jun 1, 2034 0.24%

ALPHABET INC, due Feb 15, 2036 0.24%

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On the same fields

IGEB

iShares Investment Grade Systematic Bond ETF

VCIT

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.7% −1.8%

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.03%

Holdings 445 2328

Net assets, IGEB as of Oct 9, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.4bn $66.6bn

IGEB and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About IGEB

IGEB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. It sat 3.9% below its high of Feb 23, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About VCIT

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 4.4% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGEB or VCIT?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGEB returned −1.7% and VCIT −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, IGEB or VCIT?: VCIT is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

IGEB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IGEB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IGEB ↗VCIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VCIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VCIT ↗

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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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