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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILF returned +33.4% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so ILF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, ILF or VCIT?

ILF charges 0.47% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT 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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ILF vs VCIT: how they differ

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

iShares Latin America 40 ETF and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILF and VCIT 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 ILF	Only in VCIT
NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 8.61%	Amazon.com Inc 0.31%
VALE ADR REPRESENTING ONE 8.00%	Boeing Co/The 0.28%
ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING ADR REP PRE 6.71%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO ADR REPTG PRE 6.33%	Bank of America Corp 0.27%
GRUPO MEXICO B 6.02%	Oracle Corp 0.27%
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO ADR REPTG SA 5.94%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
GPO FINANCE BANORTE 4.24%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%
CREDICORP LTD 3.85%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.25%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

ILF and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ILF iShares Latin America 40 ETF	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Latin America 40	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+33.4%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+15.9 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.03%
Holdings	47	2302

ILF in plain words

ILF is an index equity fund tracking the Latin America 40. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +33.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 47 positions, with the top ten at 55.7%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Apr 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VCIT in plain words

VCIT is a bond fund tracking the Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.2% 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. It sat 3.4% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ILF or VCIT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILF returned +33.4% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so ILF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, ILF or VCIT?: ILF charges 0.47% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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