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

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IWC vs VCSH: how they differ

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

iShares Micro-Cap ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWC 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 IWCOnly in VCSH
CAREDX 0.61%United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP INC 0.60%Bank of America Corp 0.24%
NURIX THERAPEUTICS 0.59%AbbVie Inc 0.21%
PENGUIN SOLUTIONS INC 0.58%CVS Health Corp 0.21%
OUSTER 0.52%T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS ORS 0.48%Boeing Co/The 0.20%
INTERFACE 0.47%Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
MBX BIOSCIENCES 0.45%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.

IWC and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IWC
iShares Micro-Cap ETF
VCSH
Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isRussell MicrocapShort-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+31.3%+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+13.8 pts−15.9 pts
Expense rationot published0.03%
Holdings12522999

IWC in plain words

IWC is an index equity fund tracking the Russell Microcap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +31.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1252 positions, with the top ten at 5.1%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 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, IWC or VCSH?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWC returned +31.3% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so IWC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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IWC 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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