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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +13.7% and VCIT −1.8%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or VCIT?

Neither: IVV and VCIT both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IVV vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IVV returned +13.7% to VCIT's −1.8%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $885.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, and $66.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

−1.8%

VCIT total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

0.03%

VCIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.03% a year; their one-year returns differ by 15.5 points; IVV is 13.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IVV vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IVV	VCIT
Return
Measure	IVV	VCIT
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	−1.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IVV	VCIT
Below its high		3.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IVV	VCIT
What it tracks	S&P 500	Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	IVV	VCIT
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$881.3bn	$66.6bn
Holdings
Measure	IVV	VCIT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and VCIT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IVV VCIT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IVV

NVIDIA 7.92%

APPLE 7.61%

MICROSOFT 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.05%

Only in VCIT

MKTLIQ 0.58%

Amazon.com Inc 0.29%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.28%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Bank of America Corp 0.27%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.26%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.26%

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Side by side

IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +13.7% −1.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (SPY) −1.8% (SCHI)

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY 0.0 pts vs SCHI

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.03%

Holdings 505 2340

Net assets, IVV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $885.1bn $66.6bn

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

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About each fund

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

VCIT

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. It sat 3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or VCIT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +13.7% and VCIT −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or VCIT?: Neither: IVV and VCIT both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

IVV on its own →VCIT on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IVV dividend history →IVV holdings →VCIT dividend history →VCIT holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

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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