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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWD returned +27.4% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so IWD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IWD or VCSH?

IWD charges 0.18% 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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IWD vs VCSH: how they differ

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

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWD 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 IWD	Only in VCSH
AMAZON.COM INC 6.04%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
APPLE 5.83%	Bank of America Corp 0.24%
MICROSOFT 4.93%	AbbVie Inc 0.21%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.54%	CVS Health Corp 0.21%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.54%	T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.85%	Boeing Co/The 0.20%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.73%	Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
INTEL CORPORATION 1.23%	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.

IWD and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IWD iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Russell 1000 value	Short-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+27.4%	+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+9.9 pts	−15.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.03%
Holdings	814	2999

IWD in plain words

IWD is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 1000 value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +27.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 814 positions, with the top ten at 29.0%.

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, IWD or VCSH?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWD returned +27.4% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so IWD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IWD or VCSH?: IWD charges 0.18% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IWD 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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